I Am Not Hopeless

I am not hopeless. Sometimes we just need to release the words that are in our minds and the ones in our spirits. As I watched the evening news last night I saw a man in his fifties standing in his house in North Dakota. The waters of the Red River were threatening. While he was being interviewed he said we have worked hard to get all this stuff ( his word stuff) and now this flood is coming. He looked ready to cry. His wife was standing at his side while he spoke. You could tell these were good people who had the threat of losing it all, as we say. The strain of the moment was on their faces. The unknown, the what ifs ,and all those unanswerable questions were in their eyes and painted on their faces. In this moment of despair it was like a wave of understanding washed over him and with tears rolling down his cheeks he said but its all just stuff. He hugged his wife ,drew her to himself and said this is what really matters the rest is just stuff. This is the important thing. WOW what a statement. What an incredible message spoken, shouted ,proclaimed, right there on the evening news for all to hear. It is all just stuff and this is the important thing.

Folks this is the message. This is what God is saying to everyone who will hear. Stuff comes and stuff goes but what remains is our relationships with our loved ones. Those who are important to us. The wife pressed her face into his chest and wept. She didn't cry for her stuff I think she cried because she knew that no matter what happened she would have this man her husband with her. She might lose her stuff but the thing that mattered most no one could take it from her.

Think about your stuff today. Wonder if it was all taken away. What would you have left. We are living in days where hopelessness is abounding but we don't have to be without hope. We have someone to put our hope in. We have an eternal, unchanging Father who promised. He has never failed. That is not a typo, never failed. No, not once. He is our hope, in the midst of a sea of hopelessness. For this reason I can be hopeful in the midst of hopelessness. Not because I can but because the unchanging unfailing one CAN. Take courage today and hope in Him who has promised. God bless you as you ponder these words. Mitch