This Hope We Have as an Anchor of the Soul

How can we understand a precious 8 year old girl who was molested by her father? How can we understand the behavior problems that result from the anger & fear? How can we understand a 9 year old boy who spent 2 nights in intensive care from an asthma attack without parents who give a care. Observing these circumstances and wrestling with my opinion of them has thrown me into questioning what I'm hoping in? How can one experience peace in the midst of such evil? How can the anger that wells up within me when I observe it be used for good? Will I end up shaky and prone to being governed by emotion when there is a great Hope that can be shared? The hope of a loving heavenly Father who can redeem any pain and transform it into something strong, solid and powerful. God's eye is on these dear little ones and everyone, if we hope in his love. (Ps. 119:18) This hope will ground us, anchor us, and make us unshakable. It will never disappoint. His grace is sufficient.

This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast (Hebrews 6:19)...Christ Jesus who is our hope.(1 Tim. 1:1 )

Summer Fun Among God's Creation

Lately, I've been rummaging through my thought closet and have found a few ill-fitting lies, a number of faulty assumptions, lots of profitable memories, and maybe a few complaints. I'm trying to tuck some quality truth in, like, "I'm not in control"... "He must increase, but I [must] decrease. He that comes from above is above all: he (me) that is of the earth is earthly, and speaks of the earth (that's me!) : he that comes from heaven is above all." John 3:30-31

"From the moment a creature becomes aware of God as God and of itself as self, the terrible alternative of choosing God or self for the centre is opened to it." -C.S. Lewis

The discovery of how little I really know God as God and how deeply I want to know Him keeps growing!

Sometimes I think it's a moment-by moment recognition that He is God - a mystery, a glimpse. It's unfathomable. I most discover myself when I determine I'm not God.

"I will meditate on all Your work, and muse on Your deeds." Psalm 77:6,11-12

Otherwise, I naturally choose myself as center. I can say "Praise the Lord" to myself all day long, yet somehow not place God in the center because I'm already in that prime position. The results: LONELINESS!

Get off this computer and get out into God's creation & determine to make no room in your thought closet for grumbles. It makes us very unattractive and highly uncomfortable! Therefore, fill your thought closet with gratefulness. God doesn't deserve our griping; He deserves our gratefulness!