Hope

Here are my thoughts on Hope

HOPE
Here is a description of the word ‘hope’ given by the chambers dictionary.
HOPE: the upper end of a narrow mountain valley
I have found my life to be full of mountains and valleys. The mountains have been high times and the valleys times of pain and struggling. When we’re up the mountain we can see for miles and we feel on top of everything but when we find ourselves in the valley we can be bogged down, surrounded by what appear to be mountainous obstacles.

God says to us ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you’. When we’re up it’s easy to see God in everything, but when we’re down in the valley and the clouds have descended and we’re walking or crawling along a road it’s hard to see Him in anything. He always gives us hope though. As we see at the top of the page when in the valley if we can just look forward there is a hope. In every valley there is a hope. In every situation we have a hope in our Lord. We must try to remember that down in the valley is where the rivers and streams flow. There is always more life down in the valley than up on the mountain tops. The valley is a place of growth and cultivation.

Let’s try not to despise our time there but to learn from and grow in those times.

When lowly I walked and mountains surrounded me, there was hope.
When clouds descended and darkened the skies, there was hope.
When I struggled through the mire, heavy and tired, there was hope.
When the rains came and flooded the land, there was hope.
When I fell onto my knees and cried, there was hope.
When I can only walk on through the valley, seeking your face, there is the hope…..