Hope is what the world years for

"A man can live about 40 days without food, and about 3 days without water, about 8 minutes without air...but only for one second without hope"- Hal Lindsey

5 and hope does not disappoint because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. Romans 5:5

Food, water, and air, 

then there was the elusive hope

There are so many people, hurting people, walking around

in search for this hope....

They look in all the wrong places and cannot find it

Just like in the days of Noah, they mock God,

These same people would deny the living Christ 

by calling him a fairy tale

depicting him as a cartoon character

in a super hero movie

Yet, when tragedy strikes one of their loved ones

their heart rate escalates to dangerous levels

they smoke more

consume more alcohol, take more drugs 

just to

drown out the pain, and

find any sense of hope and assurance that things will get better

I know someone who 

melds his own belief system from the best of all religions

everything is fine, until tragedy strikes and the unthinkable happens

In his self-made religion, there is no explanation for what to do in this situation

In his self-made religion, there is no answer for tragedy

it doesn't exist

While he practices deep breathing, proper cleanliness, and eating healthy

his nightmares of the tragedy lingers on

hope is what he wants- to know that the pain would subside

hope is what he yearns for

But,

To him, this hope is elusive, like a jack rabbit running away

If only,

he would turn to the Son of God who died for him

who knew him before he was born

who genetically designed him with his own unique DNA

from which no one else shares

who died for him on the cross

Through my decision made in 1974 to receive Jesus 

hope is what I have

a hope of seeing loved ones again

a hope that Jesus is walking with me through my pain

a hope that when my time is complete that I will come face to face

with my creator God, my savior, and the one who never disappointed me

whenever tragedy strikes

Jesus is my living hope!