‘TAKE 5’ DNL #11: MAY-JUNE 2018; WOULD YOU PAY $30,000 FOR YOUR SON TO PLAY BASEBALL AT BASIC ACADEMY/HS IN HENDERSON, NV? ADMIRAL BUSTAMANTE OF THE ‘DESTROYER OF DREAMS’ RESPONDS TO MY REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. RELATIONSHIPS, PURGING, AND LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE ARE OTHER TOPICS.
TIME has indicated for another 10,000 word story. Before the story is told, a ‘Morning Verse’ should be shared. ‘A Daybook of Grace’ quotes the following passage,
THE DOOR OF HOPE
“Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer”. Romans 12:11-12
“God is the only one who can make the valley of trouble a door of hope”. Catherine Marshall
Think about it. If you had everything you wanted, if there were no challenges in your life, if you didn’t have any questions about why things are the way they are, and if you didn’t feel there was something for you to accomplish that is bigger than your abilities; what would you have to hope for? Nothing of course. You would already have everything.
We know that’s not the way the world works—but sometimes we act and feel as though that’s exactly what we believe. We seem surprise by problems and challenges.
We live in a world with fallen people. That accounts for so many of the trails we face. But beyond that, God wants us to live in reliance on Him. For that reason, He doesn’t grant our every wish and give us everything our heart desires exactly when we want it. He wants us to grow in the ways that really matter—patience, kindness, self-control, and other fruits of the spirit. (see Galatians 5:22-23 for a list)
Don’t have everything you want right now? Well, that gives you something to hope for!
LORD, AS I WORK AND WAIT FOR VARIOUS BLESSINGS IN MY LIFE, HELP ME TO GROW IN CHARACTER AND MATURITY. AMEN. (end of passage)
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