Today's scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:7
Love hopes all things.
Hope is one of my favorite words. Hope. Anticipation.
I especially like Webster’s definition: to “cherish a desire with anticipation”
or to “expect with confidence.”
When we love with hope, we anticipate good things from and with the ones we
love. We have confidence in their love for us. We hope for a bright future.
Russ and I have been together for over 30 years, and just celebrated our 27th wedding anniversary last week.
I still anticipate what’s ahead. I still “expect with confidence” that we have
amazing times in store for us. And my hope is that we’ll love each other even
more through the coming years!
We Christians live with an even greater hope: eternity in heaven with our Lord
God. Talk about “cherish[ing] a desire with anticipation”! I desire nothing
more than shedding this earthly skin and being in the very presence of my Lord
and Savior. I live in hope for that day.
Where is your hope? Can you really “expect with confidence” the things of this
world? Certainly, you can place your hope in trusted people on earth, but your
hope—your only real hope—should be in the One who will never leave you or
forsake you (Hebrews 13:5). The One who loves you with an everlasting love (Jeremiah 31:3).
Place your hope in Him.
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