Friday, January 4, 2013

A Body at Rest



January 5, 2013

Did you know that without hope your body suffers?  

If we are shaken by everything that comes our way, and we are always fretting because of fear and the unknown – it affects our sleep, our health, and our sound mind.  Someone who has no hope is a pessimist and sees the glass half empty instead of half full.  The only way to change that is to change the way we look at things.

Acts says the Lord is always before us and we don’t have to be shaken.  In fact, our body can rest in hope, our heart can be glad, and our tongue can rejoice!  

I can’t imagine living a life without hope.  In fact, when I view pictures of starving children in other countries who indeed appear to be hopeless I can’t even take it all in.  How does a body that’s starving rest in hope?  How does a mother who’s lost her son rest in hope?
 
The answer is in Him – the one who has those good plans stored up – remember?  So when we align our heart and our tongue with the truth about hope – our body responds – and it rests.

Be at rest today and ask God to let you see Him before you – the God of Hope.

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