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Hope
Reasons to keep going when proof is thin.
5 reflections
Hope · 35 sec read
Reflection
Hope often isn't a feeling that simply arrives on its own. More often it's a choice, made again on purpose, especially on the days it's hardest.
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Hope isn't a feeling you wait for — it's a choice you keep making.
Romans 15:13New Testament"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him."
Hope · 40 sec read
Reflection
Today gets to be a fresh start regardless of how yesterday went. Yesterday doesn't get to decide how today is allowed to go.
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Yesterday doesn't get a vote in how today is allowed to go.
Lamentations 3:22-23Old Testament"His compassions never fail. They are new every morning."
Hope · 45 sec read
Reflection
On the days your own hope runs thin, it's alright to lean on someone else's for a while, until it comes back.
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It's alright to borrow someone else's hope for a while until yours comes back.
Romans 5:3-4New Testament"Suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope."
Hope · 50 sec read
Reflection
It seems backwards, but some of the sturdiest hope comes out of the seasons that were hardest to get through — not despite the difficulty, but somehow because of it.
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Some of the sturdiest hope is built in the hardest seasons, not the easiest ones.
Psalm 42:5Old Testament"Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him."
Hope · 55 sec read
Reflection
It's possible to notice a low mood, question it, and gently talk back to it instead of just absorbing whatever it says as fact.
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A low mood is something you can question, not just something you have to believe.
Hebrews 6:19New Testament"We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure."
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