Hope: A Memory Of The Future
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We dream from memory.
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Faith is hope regarding our past.
Hope is faith regarding our future.
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Food, sex and violence
are the doorways of the present
that lead us to anticipating
the Day of the Lord.
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FURTHER THOUGHTS FOR REFLECTION:
To remember the future is to see tomorrow through the eyes of yesterday. What was yesterday? Was it deep struggle, an intense drama and terror that eventually brought us to our knees and to the face of God? Everything hinges on the past. We project the past into every new moment and either repeat our past themes of victimization or marvel at the work of God in redeeming us in spite of our questions and doubt.
To remember the future is to dream -- to imagine redemption won in the wake of innocence lost. It is to surrender to our insatiable impulse to see the broken pieces of our past cemented together into a stronger whole that existed before our innocence was shattered.
We move into the future with the confidence (the memory) that God is good.
THE HEALING PATH:
How the Hurts in Your Past Can Lead You to a More Abundant Life,
Chapter 8: The Dream of Hope,
by Dan B. Allender
[WaterBrook Press]
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