Hope

Sometimes the ceaseless toiling that comes with life can become a veil of sorts and dim our vision towards hope.

My oldest daughter said something the other day that has been lingering around in my brain since then, (mom paraphrase) 'We should read things looking for the good/positive/meaningful not the bad/negative/damaging.  If we look for and find the good, we'll remember it.  But if we are looking for the bad, we will only remember the bad for it will overshadow the good.'

We were speaking of reading material, but isn't life like that as well?

There is so much positive, if we are looking for it.  But if our antennae is up to locate the negative, guess what we'll locate?  And when we locate the negative, many times it 'veils' the positive.

And hope diminishes.

 "Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."  Romans 15:13

This is a verse that generates power into my heart, power to hope, power to be filled with hope - because God is a God of hope who gives us the power of the Holy Spirit.  This instills the joy and peace in my journey.

I can walk out of the veil of toiling and into the joy of living.

I do pray that I will not get caught in the veil, that my face will be up-turned, basking in the Sonshine that emanates from His glory and love.  Becoming filled with that peace and joy in basking, then radiating that heat energy into the lives of those around me.  The positive life-joy that comes from lingering in Him, the great hope Giver.