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Hope For Today…And Tomorrow

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
— Romans 15:13

I need hope. Everyone does. And we want a hope that is not easily shaken, one that gives us a solid foundation to build our lives on. The Christian hope is one that even transcends death, but there is also a promise in Christ of hope right now in our lives, a present hope.

Not everything in the world that promises hope is actually fulfilled. Many people live with many disappointments. We have found that there is something better. God has proven in Christ that he is always faithful to fulfill his promises, promises for happiness now and perfect happiness in the eternal life to come through Christ.

One of my hopes is that we all find hope, one that does not disappoint us.

For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
— Romans 15:4

“For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it….rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer…
— Romans 8:24-25; 12:12

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Hi…Thanks for checking in. I live in rural Kentucky, moving from Louisville in 2016. I have a small degree in pastoral theology, studying and pastoring in the U.K., from 2000 to 2009, then in the U.S. until 2012. I am now a part-time driver for the local Amish community. I’m making an honest effort to write more, to write out some thoughts on the spiritual life, occasional comment on current events (I’m apolitical, so not much there), and with some emphasis on my life in recovery from addiction. And then there are those marriages and divorces, not for the sake of raking dirt, but for support for others and perhaps a little for myself. In living, like gardening, I tend to follow the seasons of life.

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A Christian, thinking, vlogging, and writing online. I live elsewhere as well. I follow the theology of the cross in the faith and practice of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Formerly a pastor in Europe and America, now living semi-retired in Kentucky (U.S.), driving for the Amish and in-home carer.

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