No matter how good or bad,
THE NOW LEAVES US HUNGERING FOR MORE.
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THOUGHTS FOR FURTHER REFLECTION:
Hope is the quiet, sometimes incessant call to dream for the future.
The present moment is not enough to satisfy our souls completely . . .
The present moment is not enough to satisfy our souls completely . . .
Our insatiable quest for more is the root system of biblical hope.
Hope cannot be killed, not ever, but it can be drugged numb and sleepy.
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We are powerless to keep tragedy at bay.
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Hope looks at the charred remnants of the soul hit by the storm and envisions not merely rebuilding, but rebuilding a life that has even more purpose and meaning than existed before the loss.
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When a stormy moment blows in and rips the roof off our souls,
we stand naked and impotent to change the course of the winds.
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God confuses us as he allows harm and heartache to enter our lives.
But oddly, in the midst of loss, he also confirms his love in a way that is both mysterious and maddening . . .
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God disturbs us and then woos us and wins us.
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Hope takes the experience of loss and powerlessness and uses it as the raw material for writing a new and unexpected story.
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THE HEALING PATH by Dan B. Allender, PhD
Chapter 8 - "The Dream of Hope: a maddening call"
[WaterBrook Press]
Blessed are those who mourn for they will be comforted! (Matthew 5:4 NIV)
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