gtoGbyv's Blog

Hello again.

I just relocated my blog after ten years. Here in the midst of the Covid 19 pandemic, my one and only message from ten years ago is more appropriate than ever. Hope! 

Hope is a valuable commodity in this world at a time when commodities like toilet paper and meat are in high demand, quantities are being limited, and stock is often completely sold out. Luckily for us, what God offers is never in short supply and is available anytime we need it: HOPE! 

Hope is referred to over 120 times in the Bible. One of my favorites is Lamentations 3:21-26. “But in my mind I keep returning to something, something that gives me hope–that the grace of Adonai (God) is not exhausted, that His compassion has not ended. On the contrary, they (His mercies) are new every morning! How great Your faithfulness! Adonai  is all I have, I say; therefore I will put my hope in Him. 

There may be days when you, like I, have to rest on this promise. God’s mercy and hope will greet us every morning, allowing us to start over when the day and night before may have been incredibly dark and hopeless. There have been times in my life when I went to sleep with that as my only consolation. I had nothing left, no prayers, no hope, nothing but this verse to sustain me. He never failed me, not once did this promise let me down! 

I would encourage you if you are struggling or depressed or feel hopeless today, to remind God of His promise and say before you go to sleep, “I know Your mercies will be new in the morning.”. Or “I thank You that Your mercies will be new in the morning.”. I believe you will see that He is faithful to His promise and in that you will find hope refreshed to get you through that day. 

Shalom (Peace)

Val