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Comment on Hope by Karen

Karen — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:53:08 +0000

HEY, thanks for this! I’ve been struggling for the past couple of weeks too, and it never occurred to me that it was from a lack of hope, but now that I’m in a place of having hope in abundance, I can definitely see this as related to the prolonged snippy, snotty, selfish, and destructive funk.

I like what you said Alece, about PUTTING my hope in God. Hope is active. It’s a verb. Ah, things to ponder.

Comment on Hope by traceepersiko

traceepersiko — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:20:54 +0000

you got hope coop! you have some serious faith too!

Comment on Hope by traceepersiko

traceepersiko — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:18:36 +0000

faith and hope hard ones. lots of areas to apply it to. sucky. take one million for us both.

Comment on Hope by alece

alece — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:30:11 +0000

hope feels further away than it’s been in a long time. it’s discouraging.

and i keep thinking that so many of the psalmist’s challenges say “put your hope in God”. not “find hope in God” or “take hope in God”. but “put hope in God.” and then i just sigh in frustration and fatigue because i don’t have the energy to take the active role he’s telling me i need to take.

i need to be more intentional about placing my hope in God… first, though, i’m praying for the strength i’ll need to do that. cause my tank’s at empty.

and it’s so hard to renew that sense of hope when i feel like my hope has been disappointed. a lot. and i know He promises that “this hope does not disappoint”, which means my hope wasn’t anchored in Him like it needed to be. but it’s hard to keep hoping when it doesn’t seem to … do anything.

so i guess it’s really a faith issue. (and like you said, the two are undeniably linked.)

praying—again—for Him to overcome my unbelief.

Comment on Hope by coop

coop — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:08:58 +0000

wise, wise words.

“And my lack of faith has everything to do with how I choose to rely on what is seen.”

mm. I need to marinate me in some of dat hope stuff!

Comment on Lessons from a 6-year-old by alece

alece — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:31:09 +0000

i wanna be junior’s friend.

Comment on Influence to a younger generation by alece

alece — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:21:09 +0000

i love you, mo’z.

Comment on The closest of influence by traceepersiko

traceepersiko — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:04:27 +0000

you got the right mind set Coop. you want the quality not the quantity of friends. that is what you should want. hold out for the quality. you have a deeper understanding of closeness with Christ, more than many. keep up that relationship first!

Comment on Influence to a younger generation by traceepersiko

traceepersiko — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:02:54 +0000

even though you don’t see this in you, many many others do. not only that, even though you don’t see it in you, you are striving and have lived a life after being that. Insert a life of ministry and going after what you believe, and who you believe in.

Comment on Influence to a younger generation by traceepersiko

traceepersiko — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:01:39 +0000

i agree with Coop!