Dear Ones, Hope you have a hope- filled day! i am hoping for progress in healing as we go today to the wound specialist. We had to cancel our trip to Des Moines and to Kansas, which was hard to do, but we hope to reschedule for another time.
Devotions from Judy’s heart
Good thing our hope is in Jesus and not in the circumstances around us. It seems like the whole world is in flux, in an unstable place right now and change is happening from one day to the next. Even when we think things are good, something suddenly happens and lets us know we are not in control. At the lake as a child, my folks often took my siblings and I out to catch sunfish in the bay, where there were some old logs in the water and the fish liked to hide in the shade. We had some cane poles and loved bringing in the sunfish. But in order to stay in that same place by the logs, we anchored the boat so we would not drift off the spot.

In many ways our lives may be tossed about by adverse circumstances, but we have a sure anchor that will keep us from getting dragged off, discouraged or full of worry. We need to be anchored in faith and hope in the Lord, knowing that no matter what comes, we can cast every single care unto the Lord. David called on the Lord in Psalm 55:22, “Cast your burden on the Lord, and He will sustain you; He will never permit the righteous to be moved.” Then he closes the Psalm with, “But I will trust in you.”

Whenever things come against us, whatever is happening in the news, we can be at peace and still rejoice in the Lord. Maybe for now we simply anticipate what the Lord is going to do next, although we may not yet know exactly what it is. The important thing is that Lord is with us now, and we don’t have to wait until things get better, but we trust in Him in the present. (Jer. 17:7) God sees the big picture and the purpose of our trials, and we need to trust that He’s got it.

Let us expect good things from our Heavenly Father, living in hope that believes God is working. He is our anchor so we won’t be tossed about, even though storms may come. Let us put our hope in the Lord, not in perfect circumstances but in the One who is faithful and true.

Challenge for today: Meditate on Romans 5:5, “And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.”                                                    Blessings on your day and prayers and love, Judy