The Metaphysics of Hope
Life without hope is no life at all! When disappointments come, it is all too easy the give up and lose our way in the world. This week, I felt a great surge of hope and expectation as we explored the possibilities for a new church home in Decatur. That hope suffered a set-back yesterday. Even so, I know that there is a right and perfect place in which this ministry can thrive and serve an ever growing community.
Life without hope is no life at all! When disappointments come, it is all too easy the give up and lose our way in the world. This week, I felt a great surge of hope and expectation as we explored the possibilities for a new church home in Decatur. That hope suffered a set-back yesterday. Even so, I know that there is a right and perfect place in which this ministry can thrive and serve an ever growing community.This morning’s Lenten Study Guide by Sue Sikking reminded me of the power of hope linked with vision:
The new world will be brought forth by men and women who have the courage to look through appearances to the impossible dream, by those who will know that the dream is possible.
Learning to say “Yes I Can!” in the face of obstacles, refusing to doubt my God-self and stretching beyond that which I thought was possible to that which is infinitely possible sets me on the road to Easter morn and my own personal resurrection experience. Hope is a seed which springs up into the light when the perfect conditions for that seed are met. Just because the desert appears barren, does not mean that it is barren. Let the rains fall and watch what happens!
My personal affirmation for this Lenten Season is:
I center my attention and the deepest desires of my heart in God, the good, and manifest only good in my life!
Rev. Claudia Naylor
