Hope Against Reason
Good things have happened in my life lately (I had my first article published in a magazine and turned twenty five – good things happen in October I say). But I’ve amazed myself in that amidst the good, my eyes couldn’t keep off the bad that was there before the good, the bad that just refuses to go away no matter what new good things come my way. This is what caused me to focus on scripture passages that speak about hope, because in a situation that doesn’t respond to my faith, my hope is challenged. The Bible has so much to say about hope and one consistent thing is how those who choose to put their hope in God will not be disappointed (see Isaiah 28:16; 49:23, Psalm 25:3, and Romans 5:5). Reminding myself of this truth made me conclude that if I felt the result wasn’t what I had hoped for then I shouldn’t stop hoping. There’s a lady I like who embodies this truth. Funny enough, none of the women mentioned in Mark 5 are called out by name, instead, we identify them by their condi