After waking this morning my
husband asked me how I was feeling. I
responded with the usual report of getting hot in the night and praying for a
cool breeze which inevitably led to a headache.
He then said, “I thought you would have a headache after that beating
the Dallas Cowboys took last night.” You
see he is a 49er’s fan, and I am a die heart Dallas Cowboys fan.
Everything was on the line
for the Cowboys. This game meant they
would either become the division champs or the end of the season. I knew going in the quarterback did not
handle pressure well, he was known to play his worst in games that meant so
much, yet I along with many fans hoped they would pull this off. We had the audacity to believe the Cowboys
would pull together and win the game.
The truth is most of us held on even when the opponent was 10 points
ahead and there was only a minute left on the clock.
More than that, the players
held on to hope as well. They played
harder in the last minute than they had played most of the game. In the end, the clock ran out and the Cowboys’
season is over. The players, coach, staff, owner and fans have another season
ended with defeat and critics to face this morning.
Hope is the driving force in
all successes. It motivates a person
against all odds to keep fighting, keep trying, to keep believing. Hope is the reason many suffer through
chemotherapy. It provides consolation
during the times of nausea, sickness, hair loss and diarrhea. Hope for a better future hidden in another
country has motivated many to cross the border, illegally. Take menial jobs and begin a family. The audacity of hope is buried in each of us
and rises to the occasion when everything and everyone else is in opposition.
Hope looks forward to a
desired outcome and believes that what is wanted can be had. It looks
beyond obstacles, turns the corner of defeat, and stares down hindrances. Hope’s audacity lies in its ability to believe
in something greater than itself. The
Christian’s hope is founded in Christ.
Christ is the chief cornerstone in the lives of
believers. He speaks to the very soul of
the believer that a particular thing can be accomplished and in turn the
believer acts out of hope in the Lord.
Jesus Christ is our hope.
In hope, love speaks to a marriage on the verge of
divorce, that they can make it. In hope,
love speaks to a dying patient to fight on and deny death another day. In hope, love speaks to a mother whose child
is incarcerated that they will return to the family better than when they
left. In hope, love speaks to a teacher
in the inner city that all children can learn.
Love speaks
hope in the bleakest places in life and turns darkness into rays of sunshine.
In hope, love speaks through Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
each time we read this portion of his speech, “I just want to do God's will.
And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've
seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. However, I want you to
know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land!”
Love speaks over the mountaintop which separates you from
the hope that is inside, word that conquer fear, apprehension and delay. The audacity to hope speaks, “I can, and I
will. With Christ all things are
possible.”
The hope of love
speaks possible to the impossible.
The Cowboys lost this season but next season they are going
all the way. Super Bowl Champs 2014 –
The Dallas Cowboys. One can hope, right?
13 Day Love Challenge
Day 11
Take time this day to stop by the hospital, day
care center,
school or any other institution and pray. Offer to help in any
way you can that will
renew your hope in the institution.
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