No life beyond hope

I recently watched a series of 'Call the Midwife', where a baby was born with Spina Bifida.  The series is set in the 50s/60s so the condition was not really understood & there was little medical help available.  The mum of the baby struggled to come to terms with her little boy's condition, knowing he may not live beyond 16 years old, she cries to her midwife "why is it worth carrying on nurse".  The nurse replied, "because no life is beyond hope".

I really can't believe how many people I hear and read about committing suicide recently.  I'm sure you'll agree it's quite disturbing that someone would think their life that worthless or hopeless that they would want to end it.  Where there is no hope - our whole world becomes a very dark place indeed.

Hope is a feeling of expectation & anticipation that things can get better for us.  It is certainly a powerful tool to use when we have had disappointments, when we are feeling low and when we are struggling, which if you are human, (like most of us are!!) will affect all of us at some point! 

Learning to look at our circumstances with hope helps carry us through difficult times and helps us see the future more positively; ultimately affecting how we feel in the present!  So how are you feeling today - do you need more hope for better things to come?  Don't lose heart; better things are coming, but let hope give you the courage to keep pressing forward, until you see those things come into fruition.  

My faith many times has given me hope. Sometimes we can feel so weak in ourselves but by trusting and hoping in God we can renew our strength and keep driving forward for better things ahead.  You may be saying....."but what about death surely that is the end of all hope"?  Christians hold onto hope even then, that when we accept Jesus not even death can separate us from His love.

Even if everything else is lost, if hope survives it gives us the energy to overcome life's most difficult circumstances.  

Hope this has been an encouragement to you today.  Lv Caroline x

Bible Readings:
Isaiah 40, 31 - But they who wait & hope for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint. 

Rom 8, 39 - None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us. For I have hope that nothing—neither life nor death , angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable—absolutely nothing can get between us and God’s love.