Holding on to Hope

Dear Girl Who is Looking for Hope—

Want to know the T R U T H?

Even in tough things, the truth of Adonai’s love stands secure.

I don’t know the specifics of what you’re facing, but I know what it’s like to be hit wave after wave by hard things and shattered dreams. I’ve woken up with swollen eyes, dark from night after night of staying up in intense prayer over relationships and circumstances that have tried to crush my heart. My legs have scrambled to get my footing after getting knocked down, again and again and again.

It can feel hopeless, and yet, there’s an anchor of H O P E right there in the storm that stays secure.

The pressures of life and the expectations we place can kind of drain the hope right out of us, along with the dreams that lay broken on the floor.

It drains the strength right out of you, too. 

Yet those who H O P E in the Lord will renew their strength.

H O P E = strength.

When I’m feeling low on strength, feeling like I can’t get through this day—this month, this season, this year—I need to check myself for hope. To be honest, I don’t often find hope there. Most times, I find fear instead. When I pull back the facade that makes me look strong, I find the fear lurking there. It’s the fear of failing, fear of hopes dashed once more.

But does that kind of attitude reflect the great love of Adonai?

Do I truly hope in the goodness of Adonai? Am I rejoicing in hope in the midst of this circumstance, knowing that there are GOOD THINGS to come?

Sometimes you need to just do a heart check, and you discover that you really need a hope check too. 

Maybe your heart needs to be reminded that it’s okay to hope today. Maybe you need to do a search on the word H O P E in your Bible just to be reminded of how important it is. Maybe you need to sit down and make a list of all the good things you want to see manifest in the future that don’t seem like they’ll be a reality today—and maybe you need to allow yourself to dream while you do it.

Maybe you need to be reminded of how much God wants us to hope. 

It’s okay to dream big, and if the pieces fall shattered, still Adonai is good.

But even if the pieces fall shattered, you can’t just stay there in shards of broken hope and glass. 

Keep dreaming. Keep hoping. Keep holding out for your miracle.

Keep holding on to hope, dear Girl— there is always light and love for you, from Yeshua’s heart to yours.

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