My HopeSample

Although there are so many beautiful things that we experience in life, we are not promised that everything in life will be easy when we decide to follow Jesus. In fact, we are promised the opposite- in this world, we will experience trouble. Life will get heavy at times, and we will inevitably experience brokenness. But the Bible is clear that although we will walk through hard things, we can take heart in our weakness because Jesus has already overcome the world! That understanding gives us hope that although we may at times feel discouraged by our circumstances, or by the state of our world today- we can change our mindset to one of a heavenly perspective. Everything is temporary, only heaven is eternal. Stay the course, the struggles we face now cannot compare to the glory we will experience in Christ.

PRAYER

Dear Lord, thank you for the incredible gift of Jesus and the hope that we have in you! Thank you that as I pursue you, I see signs of your incredible hand at work in all the details-even in the midst of struggle. I know that you are with me, and that in my weakness your strength is all the more magnified. Help me to have an eternal mindset, not too caught up in what is going on around me that I forget to look at you and remember the promises you have for my life. Thank you that the brokenness we walk through on this side of heaven cannot compare to what awaits us, eternity in your presence. Amen.

written by Mikayla Grace