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Just Hope Filled
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
No Need To Be Loonie,
Loons Do That
Wisely.
Deuteronomy 5:33
You must follow exactly the path that the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live, and that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land that you are to possess.
Romans 15:4
For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, so that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.
Words of Grace For Today
If hope is dependent upon one’s own merit, then all is lost.
Yes, everyday thinking assumes if I preform well today then there is hope for tomorrow and all that may come my way.
But when it really counts, our own merit provides little security or hope. Death will find us, usually unawares, no matter how well our last few days or weeks or years have gone. If we deny that death will claim us, no matter what, then we live as fools, perhaps foolishly enjoying life, but foolish none the same for what really matters: that God has us in God’s good hands.
For only in God’s good hands can we face death knowing that all is well, all manner of things are well, for us and all creation.
So obey God, yes. It is a way to live well enough, sometimes even the way to live long lives.
But trust not, not a bit, in one’s own merits. Trust only God’s good hands, and God’s good grace promised us. With that we can dance with joy each day, no matter what comes our way, no matter how others may think that the worst of life has found us.
Ah, hope.
The power of knowing God’s goodness carries one!