Hope

Last night, I got up to do a midnight feeding and couldn't go back to sleep. I ended up just listening to my iPod and was suddenly struck by a song that I have heard on my playlist a hundred times but never really listened to the words. It is a song by Sara Groves called, "It Might Be Hope".

it might be hope
by sara groves

you do your work the best that you can
you put one foot in front of the other
life comes in waves and makes it's demands
you hold on as well as you’re able

you've been here for a long long time

hope has a way of turning its face to you
just when you least expect it
you walk in a room
you look out a window
and something there leaves you breathless
you say to yourself
it's been a while since i felt this
but it feels like it might be hope

it's hard to recall what blew out the flame
it's been dark here since you can remember
you talk it all through to find it a name
as days go on by without number

you've been here for a long long time

hope has a way of turning its face to you
just when you least expect it
you walk in a room
you look out a window
and something there leaves you breathless
you say to yourself
it's been a while since i felt this
but it feels like it might be hope

It really got me thinking about all the trials and tribulations that we have been handed over the last few months and that there is always hope to those who persevere. God has a plan for us. Just as my blog title states, sometimes even though we may have a slice of heaven, we are always given a scoop of reality on the side to keep us humble in His service.

We rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perserverance; perserverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. --Romans 5: 3-5