There's Always Hope!

"There is surely a future hope for you and your hope will not be cut off." Proverbs 23:18
No matter how dreary it may seem, no matter how low in the pit we may go, God has promised us a future hope that He will never take away.
I believe that God wants us to place our hope in eternal things. In Matthew 6:19-20, Jesus said, "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal." If we hope for things that are earthly those things can be taken away in an instant, but if we hope for things that make an eternal difference, those things can never be taken away.
I once hoped for a bigger house, more land, a nicer car, and more money, and those things were taken from me in an instant. But now I hope for those in need, for mission trips, for cancer patients, for souls lost, for lived changed, for family, for friends, and for neighbors. My future hope is ".....To preach good news to the poor....to bind up the brokenhearted...to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners." Isaiah 61:1. And God reminds me, "Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him." Psalm 62:5.