"Hope Endeavors"

"I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law." (Psalms 119:55)

  Above all else, there is hope for a better tomorrow. Even in our darkest hour, it is the "name" of the LORD that we need to hold onto; His reputation, fame, and glory are those things that inspire us to keep holding on, even when all else is slipping away or gone. As crazy as it might seem, we are here for a specific purpose. We might not actually know what that purpose is; and I am not quite sure it is certain that we need to know. Just like the writer of Hebrews said of those who did not see the promise, so too it is for many of us, we do not see the work accomplished by our lives. If we hold onto the law of God, which is everything we know that keeps us dependent upon Him and His grace, then there will be fruit in our lives, one way or another. Hope is always just beyond our reach, making us stretch forward, and always pressing as far as we can possibly reach. I think what gives me the most hope, is that He chose me, not the other way around. He knows everything about me, and yet He still chose me to be part of His body; to be a member of His household, regardless of my faults and imperfections. When we get right down to it, none of us are qualified to take that position on our own. It is only by the grace of God that any of us are able to enter in. We all just need to be ever thankful and keep praying for one another; for the most part, that is our number one purpose...

"Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening. Suddenly, there was a massive earthquake, and the prison was shaken to its foundations. All the doors immediately flew open, and the chains of every prisoner fell off! The jailer woke up to see the prison doors wise open. He assumed the prisoners had escaped, so he drew his sword to kill himself. But Paul shouted to him, "Stop! Don't kill yourself! We are all here!"" (Acts 16:25-28) NLT