Daily Devotion - Tuesday, April 24

Hope “Hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Spirit that has been given to us.” --From a Letter to believers in Rome What happens when difficult news comes our way? How do we respond? It seems fair to say that life is not as easy as we would like, that challenges are more the standard, that pain is more frequent than we desire. When these times come our way, try spending some moments in quiet reflection, allowing hope to infuse the uncomfortable feelings that are growing in our souls. A number of helpful observations have been preserved over the years about hope. Obviously the quote from Scripture is a good one. Maybe some of these could be helpful as well: “If you do not hope, you will not find what lies beyond your hopes.” --Clement of Alexandria “Hope is the physician of every misery.” --An Irish Proverb “There never was night that had no morn.” --Dinah Maria Mulock Craik “My heart leaps when I behold a rainbow in the sky.” --William Wordsworth “We must never despair; our situation has been compromised before, and it has changed for the better; so I trust it will again.” --George Washington --Ben Keckler 04.24.12