I have been through many different hurts and hang-ups and have struggled lately with having hope and faith in God. Going back to the daily devotional from my Celebrate Recovery bible, todays devo is talking about Hope. In this particular devo the examples used are people who are in prison. It says that they have found hope in God while in prison that everything will be okay. This is the same for any situation. We always need to find hope in God. This devo says that many of us are trapped inside our own walls. That sometimes we are afraid of hope to have a life free of hurt or pain. The devotional now takes us onto Principle 2. Principle 2 is when we come to believe that God exists and that we're important to him. We are to find access to the one true Higher Power, Jesus Christ with this principle.
Hebrews 11:6 it says, "without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him."
Psalms 62:5 shows us the source of our hope: "Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him."
We find hope in Jesus Christ and that is why Principle 2 is called the "hope principle." This devo also says that we find that eternal life doesn't begin with death but that it begins with faith.
Hebrews 11:1 defines faith: "Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see."
All we need is faith, even the tiniest bit, to begin our journey of freedom from the hurts, hang-ups and habits. So the reason I brought up the memories is because things have been rough with some friends lately and this devo has helped me to have faith and hope that in time everything will be better with them. The other day I had a little talk with a friend and that friend really gave me comfort and hope that it will all be better in its own time. I now have more hope in not only God but myself and friends that everything will work out. So to end todays blog I want to leave you with some lyrics from Pink's new song Perfect about how nobody is perfect and that things will be okay.
Made a wrong turn, once or twice
Dug my way out, blood and fire
Bad decisions, that's alright
Welcome to my silly life
Mistreated, misplaced, misunderstood
Miss 'No way, it's all good', it didn't slow me down
Mistaken, always second guessing, underestimated
Look, I'm still around
Pretty pretty please, don't you ever ever feel
Like you're less than perfect
Pretty pretty please, if you ever ever feel like you're nothing
You're perfect to me!
You're so mean, when you talk about yourself, you were wrong
Change the voices in your head, make them like you instead
So complicated, look happy, you'll make it!
Filled with so much hatred... such a tired game
It's enough! I've done all I can think of
Chased down all my demons, I've seen you do the same
This song, I feel ties into my life and how to have faith not only in God but also in myself.
It is simply put, life without Christ is a hopeless end; but with Him it is an endless hope.
Have a great evening!
Raeann
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