Psalm 71:14-18

I will always have hope and will praise you more and more. I will tell how you do what is right. I will tell about your salvation all day long, even though it is more than I can tell. I will come and tell about your powerful works, Lord God. I will remind people that only you what is right.

God you have taught me since I was young. To this day I tell about the miracles you do. Even though I am old and gray, do not leave me, God. I will tell the children about your power. I will tell those who live after me about your might.

There is always a reason to hope.

The question is asked in my devotional- do you always have hope?

Always??? Honestly..the answer is no- I seem to run on “E” more than my truck does some weeks!

Here is where they got me- Hoping for something different is USELESS when your hope depends on circumstances that might or might not change.

Whoa.

I just had a “conversation” with my husband last night that pretty much looked like me saying with hopeful expectation that if we do this then MAYBE we will get that result…

Is my HOPE founded in the result???

The writer of this Psalm had learned something different: he anchored his hope on God, whose track record for doing the RIGHT THING AT THE RIGHT TIME is completely reliable.

Hmmm.

I feel I am trusting in the Lord…but I do focus on the hopeful, optimistic, glass is full, life is happy, fairy tale ending outcome alot…

And I find myself exhausted and drained..not so hopeful after all.

Have you lost your hope somewhere?

What does being anchored in the Lord look like to you?

Heck, what does it look like to me??

Telling others what the Lord has done is what this psalmist says…maybe I need to be focusing on that instead of the hoped for outcome.

( The 365 Most Important Bible Passages for Mothers 296)