Hope and Disappointment

The biggest complaint people have about hope is that it sets you up for disappointment when what you were hoping for doesn't work out. It can feel like more often than not we get let down by our hopes and expectations.

But a life without hope is a hard life to live.

Maybe is not hope that is the problem, but what we are hoping for.

New Every Morning

Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed,
   for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
   great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3: 22-23

God has great promises for us. His great love will never fail us. We do not need to be consumed by the troubles of today, but wait and rest in Him with the hope of new things.

This morning I woke up with worry and turmoil on my mind uncertain about what the outcome of the day would be. And in my email inbox was a gift of hope from God. (Not directly from God - I don't have his email address I'm afraid - but definitely a blessing from Him through someone else.)

When has God lifted your day with new blessings and compassion? Don't doubt that he will do it again. Great is his faithfulness.