Hopeful

Everyday that I am graced with the opportunity to live another day I have hope. There were times when my life seemed hopeless and dark. So many times I did not understand how people could remain hopeful and happy. Then I got into a deeper relationship with God and realized he is the giver of all including everlasting hope. Recently I have seen people that are hurting and spew negativity out of their pores. I use to be that person but my understanding for why they may be like that did not reveal it's self until today. Having Hope is not automatically there it is something that comes with understanding and renewing our minds. 

Psalm 31:24

Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart, All you who hope in the Lord.

All we have to do is hope in the Lord and be of good courage the rest is the Lord's. When all things seem to be falling apart and everything little thing gets under our skin we have to realize something is missing. Where is the faith we know so much about? 

Hebrews 11:1

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

If we have gotten to a place where we are hopeless we have to evaluate what has gotten between us and our Faith. The times when I was negative and miserable my faith was not solid it was probably did not even exist but it is with the strength of my Faith that I am hopeful. There can not be one with out the other.The thing I get most that I once did not get was that there are people that are not there yet and it is not our place to judge but our place to lead by example. Show our faith and our hope and that God loves us all right were we are at. Less worry about everything and everybody else but more about us and where we are in our walk of maturity. If we know dealing with negative people is not going to be beneficial to them or us because we are not there in our own walk then we have to be mature enough to say "I love you" and walk away.