Rise up, my love and come away.
Despair is a bottomless pit of darkness.
Where the icy fingers of fear caress the skin and misery cuts deep into the bone.
Where there is an absence of emotion, the heart turns to stone.
We can do nothing but to look away from the hurt, from the pain.
From the fear and listen.
Listen clearly and hear that longing in His sacred melody;
That sweet honeyed song of Hope.
Saying, “Rise up, my love and come away.”
( reference: Song of Solomon 2 verse 10)
He is the rewarder of those who seek him
When Hope is fulfilled there is a reward.
Is the reward the fulfillment of those things hoped for?
Who fulfills our hope?
If we wait in patience, looking up with great anticipation, would our reward come swiftly?
Are we all equal in our received rewards?
Are some receiving greater than others?
The covetous mind is not acceptable.
Looking to the right or to the left only slows our race.
We stumble and we fall;
We miss out on the beauty He places before us as we run.
Keeping our eyes fixed on Him, we see everything He has for us.
And miss nothing, because He is the rewarder of those who seek Him.
“Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope; even to day I declare that I will render double unto you.” Zechariah 9 verse 12
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills
Too weary to think, to wish upon that star.
Dreams remain still and never born.
We go through the motions of praying, asking, begging even.
Faking belief when there are no eyes to see.
Not trusting, caring little or nothing of his desires.
The heart is hardened by the cruel hands of reality.
The soul is cold from the long years of waiting.
Believing in word only having no faith because works are dead.
Look up and see…
Who comes leaping on the winds of the morning?
Hope.
Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the Lord our God is salvation. Jeremiah 3 verse 23
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help. Psalm 121 verse 1
The voice of my beloved. Behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. Song of Solomon 2 verse 8
Let not your heart be troubled.
Temptation to stop, to close the eyes;
To turn aside from a lifetime of waste.
And hide from the terror of failure is real.
Yet we keep moving.
Keep dreaming.
Making those wistful secrets and unfulfilled desires rise like smoke in the recesses of our burnt out existence.
There is no quenching of their bright embers.
Those sparks of light, glow bright and sure;
Bathing the soul in heat.
Filling the lips with joy and song.
And opening the ears to hear the words of truth and love.
It is Hope that rises and will continue to rise until there is no breath.
Until the grass dies and the flowers fade.
Until the shadows cover the earth.
Until then, let not our hearts be troubled,
For where there is life, there is Hope.
“Let not your heart be troubled and neither be afraid.” John 14 verse 1
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound.” Romans 15 verse 13 ESV
Ride until the heart hears His voice saying fear not. I am with you.
Trust Him where you cannot trace him – G. Feddoes
We look for purpose, a meaning in so many things,
But sometimes there are no answers, only more questions.
When the eyes are fixed merely on context.
When the knees are bent and aching through endless prayers;
And hope is lost in the dark caverns of gloom.
Don’t give up.
Hold tight to the hem of his garment,
And ride!
Ride until you see the light.
Ride until freedom over takes you.
Ride within His gentle hands where all doubts are squelched.
Ride until the heart hears His voice saying, “fear not. I am with you”.
Then and only then will you truly know, He’s got this.
“Fear not I have redeemed you. I have called you by my name; you are mine.” Isaiah 43 verse 1
The intimacies of His character are ofttimes lost within our psyche.
“Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether (lower) springs.” Joshua 15 verse 19
When our hope is fueled by faith we are drawn to ask with all boldness.
Then, why is there hesitation?
Because of unbelief?
Do we measure Him by our own strength?
Do we understand or even truly know Him?
Or surely, we know only of Him.
The intimacies of His character are ofttimes lost within our psyche.
We reach out in our learning to understand how the Creator called the things that are not into being.
How He hung the stars in the heavens and divided the land from the seas.
And how this same God could entreat us to ask of Him, but not just so;
But to ask with purpose, strength of faith and to stagger not with unbelief;
Believing in hope against hope, else if we ask doubting or ask amiss, we may receive nothing.
If only we ask.
(references Romans 4 verses 17 and 18, James 4 verse 3)
Christ is our true hope.
What if time passes where days turn into weeks, week into months and months into years, and still there is nothing.
Does hope die?
Does faith fade?
Has it all been for nought? In vain, as we look up and see nothing?
Hope has no limits.
There is no ending to hoping, only a beginning and a forever.
He is the alpha and the omega; the first and the last.
In him we have redemption, salvation and life.
He came to give life and to give it abundantly.
“O fear the Lord, you saints; for there is no want to them that fear Him.” Psalm 34 verse 9
Remember not the former things
Hope keeps moving forward.
Like the rivers of water it stays in motion;
Never stopping;
Constantly flowing one way.
Always on the move, never willing to give up.
Never willing to give in.
Never dying.
Remember not the former things , nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way. Isaiah 43 verses 18 to 19
there is no stepping backwards, always moving ahead…
Hope is not now, but it is for the future.
If we have what we want, we do not have hope.
We do not need to have expectations, anticipation or to even look for hope because it is here.
When we look to the future with the eyes of hope, we look with optimism for the brightest and the best.
There is no stepping backwards, always moving ahead to the next stop with a full heart.
A heart that does not condemn, a soul that is right and a mind that is excited, because we know it will come.
“But if we hope for that we see not then do we with patience wait for it.” Romans 8 verse 25
“Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11 verse 1
with patience wait for it.
“But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. ” Romans 8 verse 25
Hope rocks some serious acquaintance with other words such as:
anticipation,
expectation
confidence,
trust,
look for
wish
aim
hankering
desire
To name a few. All positive and connected.
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