Day One

It is a powerful choice to decide what we will put our hope in. Have you ever hoped in someone or something and been let down? It is a very real truth that hope differed makes the heart sick. Disappointment can be heartbreaking, causing us to close off our hearts rather than be disappointed again. Trust is hard to restore, and trust is needed for hope to grow.

So, what should we put our hope in, what or who is worthy of our complete trust? We can have all the success or money in the world and still suffer from anxiety and loneliness. People, including ourselves if we are honest, are imperfect, incapable of bearing the burden of being completely trustworthy. Wealthy homes still house unhealthy marriages, and parents with successful careers still grieve over children who struggle. What can we put our hope in that will not disappoint? Ourselves? How lonely and exhausting it is to only trust yourself; your entire life is a lot to carry on your own.

What do we do?

​Enter Jesus, and His invitation to be part of God’s family. Jesus, who offers a way to come close to His Father, the Creator of the universe. who wants to call us HIs children and who gives us the right to call Him Father. A heavenly Father who promises to never leave us, who is infinitely capable of handling everything we deal with, and whose love is surer and more dependable than a sunrise. The benefit? As we move more towards a relationship with the Father, our hearts begin to trust and hope in the Father to intervene in our lives, and to desire for His love to take root in our hearts. Why? Because we have begun to learn who He is and have taken the first step in the the journey of learning to trust Him.

If you haven’t accepted Jesus’s invitation to become part of God’s family, and His invitation to follow Him, this is good news! You don’t have to live life alone; there is a safe, loving, heavenly Father waiting to do life with you! If you have already decided to become part of God’s family, when was the last time you came to the Father with your heart, and spent time with Him, raw and real, crying “Daddy!”, sharing with Him your current fears, hopes and stressors?

It is in this place that our hearts can begin to move from fear and distrust to learning that our heavenly Father is capable, trustworthy, loving, and faithful. Learning this takes time, and it begins with the simple yet powerful acceptance of who Jesus is, the Son of God, who died for everything we could ever do wrong, so we could come to God, as our heavenly Father and cry “ Daddy, here I am!”.

Scripture tells us that hope in the Lord does not disappoint, because of His love for us, poured out into our hearts.

"And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us"
Romans 5:5

Everything else is an added blessing, because He is a good Father, who does not abandon His children.

We can put our hope in Him, HIs love and His perfect Fathering. 

Take some time today and share with God, your heavenly Father your current thoughts and feelings, questions and concerns. He wants to do this life with you!