Are You Grieving With Hope?
Hey, it's been a minute. I've had a lot of thoughts on Hope since we started a new Bible study by Jennifer Rothschild entitled Heaven . I highly recommend it for everyone. It's a deep dive into a lot of questions about heaven, what it'll be like, what we will be like, misconceptions and a whole lot of truth. It gives hope. Hope: Certainty about the future because God is faithful. In Hebrew: a cord, something you're tied to; expectation with tension but security. In Greek: confident anticipation, not uncertainty. In layman's terms: I expect this to happen because God said it would. Why it matters: Hope keeps faith from collapsing under grief , it gives endurance when answers don't come, and it fixes your eyes forward without ignoring reality. (Thanks, ChatGPT) When you believe in Jesus, you can be confident in this hope. This promise God makes to us that upon our death, we will be with Him i...