Don't lose hope.
It is more vitalto you
than your daily bread.
It sustains you,
nourishes you,
cleanses you,
and refreshes you.
Don't lose hope.
You can't buy it,
borrow, beg, or steal it.
It does not come
in convenient multi-packs,
half filled to avoid waste.
Don't lose hope.
You can't quantify it, define it,
measure it with metric or imperial.
But you will be truly lost without it,
unable to move one space
forward in your beckoning life.
Don't lose hope.
We take it for granted
when we have it in abundance.
That invincibility of youth,
untainted by disappointment,
who know they can do anything.
Don't lose hope.
When disaster or tragedy
visits with unwelcome abhorrence,
and leaves you with a disgust
that life can be so.
Don't lose hope.
The disciples lost it
as they saw Jesus on the cross,
but found it afresh
on the third day
with gripping intensity.
Jesus said, "I go to My Father
to prepare a place for you."
Don't lose hope.
Imagine the disciples' journey through lost hope as they saw Jesus die on the cross, to awakened hope as they saw the resurrected Jesus, to a powerful hope in His eternal Kingdom that caused the disciples to change the world with the good news they shared by the power of the Holy Spirit about Jesus as Savior and Lord. A master class concerning hope for us all.
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