Monday, December 8, 2025

Dear God,

Hope does not reside in what we want but in what we have.  Whenever we attach hope to what we long for, we will almost always be disappointed.

Hope is a living commodity.  It is like the air we breathe, available 24/7.  It is a gift given long before we were conceived.  It is what underlies everyday living.

Hope comes from you, O God.  When we walk daily with you not as perfect humans but as trusting ones, we find reason to be calm, to breathe hope from the air and to find peace in any situation.  When I read stories of people who found themselves in horrific situations, their survival did not depend on other things or other people or even a change in situation, it was because they trusted you to sustain them in the waiting, the living and the awfulness around them.  Instead of perishing, they lived in hope until a change came about.  Later they were able to testify to your help in their difficulty.  

Hope cannot be dashed by anyone or anything when we trust and cling to you.  No one can get inside us to take it away because it is in our DNA.  Hope is stronger than anything else that threatens because we believe and trust in One whose love for us is deeper than that which threatens us.

Thank you,

dear God,

for loving us,

for giving us faith

and for

sustaining us

in our

most painful situations.

Keep hope alive

in us

and make us aware

of it.

Thank you.

Yours, Andrea