Eternal Hope

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Eternal Hope (Isaiah 40:31)

For nearly half of my adult life, I was a video producer, meaning that I traveled around the world capturing video for Bible study curriculum. My crew and I shot in such places as Trafalgar Square in London, Hiroshima in Japan, the pyramids in Egypt and Masada in Israel, among others. Dream job, right? I loved my job, and I loved the people with whom I worked, but one day I woke up, and that job was gone. Suddenly I found myself trying to decide what to do next.

I had spent many years confident that I was square in the middle of God’s will for my life, but then, in the blink of an eye, I wasn’t sure anymore. I felt confused but never alone. God quickly began to teach me to trust in him and lean on him with a whole new urgency. He continually drew me to his Word and set me on a new path. Here’s the deal though: I still don’t know exactly what that path is, so I’m learning to trust him each day. Sometimes it’s hard to wait. Truth be told, some days I don’t want to get out of bed. Hopelessness creeps in. It’s in those times that God gives me an extra measure of hope through friends, strangers, circumstances and his Word. So I wait patiently for his plan for my life to unfold. I’m excited to see what he will do next.

I don’t know your circumstance, but if you find yourself in a place similar to the one I’m in—uncertain about the future—please know that the same God who is there for me every single day is there for you too. Allow him to be your hope.

Debbie Beavers

Taken from Fulfilled