Hope is not a feeling.
Jim Wallis editor of Sojourners writes … “Hope is not feeling. It is a decision — a choice you make based on what we call faith or moral conscience, whatever most deeply motivates you. Life tests the hopefulness in our hearts.
The seasons we have and are travelling through have not been a time that many of us are feeling a great deal of hope. In fact, many events, especially pestilence flood and war feel like they have sucked the hope right out of us. Continue reading “Hope is not a feeling. “
40 Days of Hope and Renewal
On God’s side
Abraham Lincoln famously said, “My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side.”
Right after the American Civil War, the most brutal and divisive war in American history, the winning side was clearly tempted to triumphalism. But Lincoln felt the shame of the horrible conflict, the sin on all sides, and the need for humble repentance if there was ever to be reconciliation and unity again. Continue reading “On God’s side”