Brown's Daily Word 10-30-09

Good Morning,
Praise the Lord for this day, the last Friday of October, 2009. Tomorrow is Reformation Day and Sunday is All Saints Day. Praise the Lord for the special days in our calendar that we can celebrate and remember.
I spoke to Laureen yesterday. They drove through heavy snows from Colorado to New Mexico. The drive took many hours longer than they planned for, and they arrived at 6:45 PM for a 7 PM concert in Gallup, New Mexico, where it was snowing yesterday. Where is the "global warming"? The Continentals, in their worship and praise, focus on the Hope we have in Jesus Christ our Lord.
John Maxwell, in his book entitled, "Think on These Things", answered the question, “What does hope do for humankind?” by saying…
“Hope shines brightest when the hour is darkest.
Hope motivates when discouragement comes.
Hope energizes when the body is tired.
Hope sweetens while bitterness bites.
Hope sings when all melodies are gone.
Hope believes when evidence is eliminated.
Hope listens for answers when no one is talking.
Hope climbs over obstacles when no one is helping.
Hope endures hardship when no one is caring.
Hope smiles confidently when no one is laughing.
Hope reaches for answers when no one is asking.
Hope presses toward victory when no one is encouraging.
Hope dares to give when no one is sharing.
Hope brings the victory when no one is winning.”

When we open ourselves to Jesus Christ, the Hope of Glory, then He enables us to open our lives to the real lives of others, we then have the opportunity to offer hope in even the most hopeless situations.
I read an account some time ago about a couple who traveled to the offices of an Adoption Society in England to receive a baby. They had been on the waiting list a long time. They had been interviewed and carefully scrutinized. Now, at last, their dreams were to be fulfilled. But their day of happiness was another’s pain.
Arriving at the offices of the Society they were led up a flight of stairs to a waiting room. After a few minutes they heard someone else climbing the stairs. It was the young student mother whose baby was to be adopted. She was met by the lady responsible for the adoption arrangements and taken into another room.
The waiting couple heard a muffled conversation and a few minutes later footsteps on the stairs as the young mother left. They heard her convulsive sobbing until the front door of the office was closed. Then, there was silence.
The lady in charge then conducted them next door. In a little crib was a six week old baby boy. On a chair beside it was a brown paper bag containing a change of clothes and two letters. One of these, addressed to the new parents, thanked them for providing a home for her baby and acknowledged that under the terms of the adoption each would never know the other’s identity. Then the young mother added one request. Would they allow her little son to read the other letter on his eighteenth birthday? She assured them that she had not included any information about her identity. The couple entrusted that letter to a lawyer and one day the young man will read the message which his mother wrote on the day when with breaking heart, she parted with him.
I wonder what she wrote? If we had to condense all that we feel about life and love into a few precious words what would we say? I believe we would have no time for trivia. We would not be concerned about economics, politics, the weather, the size of house, or the type of car. We would want to dwell on what life was all about and what things were absolutely essential.
“Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” – Romans 15:13
"His divine power has given us everything we need for life and righteousness"

In Him,
Brown

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