31 Days of Hope

Hope {Day 20} – Long Term Hope

This morning, as I read in Luke, I came upon this story: On a Sabbath, Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years.  She was bent over and could not straighten up at all.  When Jesus saw her, he called… Continue reading Hope {Day 20} – Long Term Hope

31 Days of Hope

Hope {Day 9} – “Against All Hope”

Thinking about some of the high school kids that are in playoffs for sports in these coming weeks makes me think about my high school experience.  Now, don’t get me wrong, I loved my high school and there were many things that our school was really good at (music, basketball, etc.)… but football just wasn’t… Continue reading Hope {Day 9} – “Against All Hope”

31 Days of Hope

HOPE {Day 5} Draw Hope Anew

Despair.  [dih-spair] –noun 1. loss of hope; hopelessness. 2. someone or something that causes hopelessness –verb 3. to lose, give up, or be without hope 4. to give up hope of.   —Antonyms 1. hope.   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When I looked up the definition of despair, I expected to see “hope” listed as an antonym, but… Continue reading HOPE {Day 5} Draw Hope Anew

First Trinity, Music

Joyfullyblessed… “Blessed is the One”

I was on the way home from church today and the song “Blessed is the One” by Daniel Doss Band was playing in my car.  It really fit well with Pastor’s sermon series right now about the “Round-About Ways of God”.  Many of the words connected with the point in the sermon last week about… Continue reading Joyfullyblessed… “Blessed is the One”