Hope

So yesterday I had my first day of CrossFit training promptly at 4:30 yesterday after work and oh my gosh. . .that was the most extreme thing I have ever done. I literally felt like I was training like a spartan for the movie 300. My whole entire body was aching after that extremely long workout that felt like it would never end and even this morning my legs, back, and chest is aching in pain. But it was definitely worth it. Too bad I won't do it again for another week once my body repairs :-P

So I looked up the definition of hope in the dictionary and this is what I found: "something that is hoped for"

 Really?!? That's Webster's definition of hope? That's pathetic in my opinion. But when you look at it a second time, how else would you describe hope. Hope is a feeling that everything will play out the way you want it too. You could almost compare hope to gambling. You don't know the future but you will make certain moves based on how you think or HOPE the outcome will happen. Well in our lives we need to put our hope in Jesus Christ. Not any earthly possessions, ideas, or things but in our Creator.

Don't you have your hands full with today? Don't you find yourself distracted from the urgent and important things of today by worrying about the problems of tomorrow and fantasizing about all the possibilities down the road? Isn't it a waste of time to be anxious about those things you have no influence over? So why...?

 

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what today may bring forth. (Proverbs 27:1)

God, give me the strength to seize the moment and live the life today that will please You and bless others. Help my heart feel the urgency of today and act with boldness, kindness, and salvation instead of worrying so much about what may happen. Amen.