Hope Will Lead Us On

Hebrews 11:1

The hope for things unseen.

This is what gets me through each day. I do not know what the future holds. I will NEVER know what it holds or know what God has planned for me. The hope that I lean on is that He DOES have a plan. There is evidence all around me. I cant look back on the past months, the past year and NOT see His hand, His fingerprints on it all. He has been planning more than I could ever know. He has a long term, bigger picture, idea that I will never see or truly fathom until I look back years down the road.


What has He done?
-He has brought people into my life that I never would have thought was going to happen. He has orchestrated so much. The church, friends (the group and school friends) and so many more. He has showed me who are the people who really care and who really are there for me. These people have inspired me to want to grow up and be out of my comfort zone. To want to be more. To not settle with being an ok person and friend. God has put them in my life as a challenge and an example. People I can look up to and strive to be like because Christ shows through them.

Can I walk away from what he has started?
- The thing is that He has a plan. He knows what He is doing. I HAVE to leave it in His hands. I have to give it to Him. He is already in control, and me worrying about it is not going to do anything to help me. It is only going to hurt me. It is only going to make me more miserable. I have to let it go and that is the hardest lesson I think that I will ever learn; the one to let go. To let go of my future. I can't just walk away from where he has placed me. This time in life when its hard I can't run away. I have to face the fear and face the problem and see what He has in store from it.

What is the hope?
- The hope is more faith. The faith that God is in control and that he knows what He is doing. He has a plan and He has a purpose for everything. This storm or trial or rough patch or whatever you choose to call it is only temporary. I don't know when it will end or anything but it will end. There is a light at the end of the tunnel and there is always a rainbow at the end of a storm. This is His tool to chisel and shape me into a better person. Have you ever seen a chisel? Its sharp and its scraping away the excess the unneeded stuff that doesn't want to leave. This time is not going to be easy and it will be painful. But in the end I will be better from it.

This started as a way to voice or write about sadness and fears and things that I feel I can never truly express but the truth is I think that is going to be a tool to become SO much more than that. The main verse has spoken so much to me in the last few days and I know I have to trust God. He has a plan..

Trust God.

Faith.

Hope for the things unseen...