Hope

Silver linings, the sun breaking through on a cloudy day, a simple smile in the most somber settings; these are all signs of hope. The hope for a future, the hope for a sunny day, the hope that all will be well soon. What causes hope? What causes sunshine and birds and smiles and joy and everything else that makes life great sometimes? God's unconditional love for us. Have you ever noticed that just when things are getting too hard to handle, one simple little thing comes along and it seems better?

Of course. We all have. That's what God's love gives us. No matter what we are dealing with, no matter how crappy things get, God is putting it there for our learning, our growing, and ultimately teaching us how to pursue the greater happiness in life; Him and his eternal glory.

When things get really bad, God is there. There is confusion, frustration, anger, hurt, death, betrayal, pain and suffering....but in the end, there is always Life. Even if situations don't turn out how we ultimately want them to (which a lot of the time they don't...we're selfish beings; we want what's on the surface when it's in our grasp, not whats under the surface where we only think we dont want it) God has a purpose for everything, and in the end will only help us, not hurt us. God's love is there.