Sunday, September 24, 2017

Hope is the opposite of yearning

Morning: Psalm 93, 96; 2 Kings 4:8-37; Acts 9:10-31
Evening: Psalm 34; Luke 3:7-18

Hope is, I think, the opposite of yearning.  It is confidence … confidence that life springs from and depends on a power greater than our own. Life flourishes independently of me.  John Baptist taught that Jesus had the power to help me sort out my priorities. When I do, I am generous, not hoarding stuff, but confidently sharing and satisfied. When I hang onto stuff, it’s a sign that I trust things more than I trust Love, and I am probably afraid of something.  When I live in the confidence that all will be well, I need only the essentials.

Graham

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