Well, we are almost snowed in… been snowing since last night. A got up early to begin shoveling… and an hour later everything looked covered up. I’ll be going out a bit later to try and clear out the driveway for when she comes home.

In the meantime, am working on my site, searching for work, cooking, cleaning, reading, and waiting and hoping…

Hope is a strange thing. What I am rediscovering, is that my hope is not based on feelings, but on what I know to be true. If God is utterly faithful (and He is), then as difficult as this time is for Rich and I, God is not surprised and our hope is not in vain.

Been spending some time reading about God’s faithfulness. How many times have I struggled with that very issue? I remember hearing a teaching where someone said that you’d think we’d get it by now, but once we pass a test, God wants us to grow, and so we face the same issues, but with greater challenges.

I guess that is why I created this site – hope-challenged. Certainly, as the lack of job opportunities continues, my hope is indeed challenged. But then I realize how much is at stake here. There really is an enemy of our souls. He wants to see us defeated.

Well, I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to be a part of shaming my Lord Jesus… and so I choose to cling to the Hope He has given me – not in my capabilities, they are too small; not in the economy – who knows if it will improve; not in others helping me – many are in the same situation we are in, and worse; not in anything other than the One True God stepping into our situation and helping us.

He may take His time from my perspective; I may not understand what He is doing – but I guess I just need a bit more of an eternal and heavenly perspective.

I will trust in Him…