Why You Should Keep Your Hopes Up
How good are you at preparing for the future?
We are usually lousy predicators of what’s next.
We can plan and prepare, but life is often more unexpected than expected. The unknown is out of our control. We don’t have the foresight or ability to stockpile enough resources in advance to prepare for every possible scenario.
We’re sometimes afraid to get our hopes up.
So how do we deal with this?
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I’m writing today at Do Not Depart about our hope in future grace. Will you join me there?
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Loved that, Lisa. And, love that wildly generous God we serve. Beautiful to be your neighbor at Lyli’s place this morning. Great to see you. ((sweet graces))
Thank you, Brenda. “Wildly generous” – such a beautiful description of God! Love that.
Ah … we have a good, good Father who delights in generously providing for our needs. What a gift He is, what a Savior!
I’m now singing “Good, Good Father” in my head. 🙂 So thankful that it’s true! Thanks, Linda.
So thankful that the hope God offers (now and for the future) does not disappoint!
Me, too, Michele! Hope can sometimes feel like a dangerous thing. But with God, even when he doesn’t deliver like we expect things to look, we can trust that he’s always faithful to be good.
Lisa, I left a comment on the other site. I loved this encouragement. I’m thankful God is already there and working when I get to where I’m suppose to be. Thanks for sharing with Thankful Thursdays.
It will be good.
Amen!
Worrying about the future, retirement, finances and such, creeps up on me at times. I have to deliberately turn my mind to the truth of God’s steadfast faithfulness and provision in the past and realize that He will continue to be the same in the future.
Yes! A key word to me that you’re speaking is “deliberately.” My worries don’t disappear by accident; it takes my willful turning to God’s grace. Thanks so much for sharing, Elizabeth.
God calls us not to be anxious yet I do, I do! Our hope lies in the Lord and NOTHING else and I want to remember that as I look at news, hear people argue, and all that I see and hear all around me. My heart needs to focus solely on Him, the One Who died and rose again for me! Thank you, thank you.
Yes to all you’re saying, Linda! Even as I read your words again right now, I need to apply them to new situations and new reasons I conjure up to worry. The Lord IS enough and always will be; that is the truth I need to believe.
Thank you for your encouraging post, Lisa. Keeping our eyes focused on Jesus and not on our circumstance takes training and purposefulness, doesn’t it?
Thanks for linking up with Grace and Truth this week.
Yes, I guess we could classify staying focused as another spiritual discipline of sorts. 🙂 Thanks, Aimee.