2020 has been a year hasn’t it?! I don’t know anyone who wouldn’t agree. We’ve heard a lot of words over and over this year. Some I would really like to just completely retire if I could. But in my opinion, two of the really important words from this year are Hope and Grace. Who isn’t searching for or holding on to hope right now?!? Sometimes hope is all we have to get us through the tough times we are facing. And it’s through our faith and the grace of God that we have that hope!
1 Peter 1:13 says:
“So prepare your minds for action and exercise self-control. Put all your hope in the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world.”
Our hope has to be directly tied to the grace of God found through his salvation on the cross! If 2020 has taught all of us anything, it’s to not put our hope in the material and superficial things of this world. It can all be taken away so quickly, but no one can take away our hope that is rooted in God!
1 Peter was written around 60 A.D., a time when the world was in a really bad place. Christians were being killed and Apostle Peter was in persecution. So you can imagine, as we are going through these crazy, unpredictable and tumultuous times, we can somewhat relate. When the world feels unstable, like we don’t know what or who to believe, it makes it all the more obvious how important it is to put our faith and our hope in Jesus Christ alone. This world is not our home. We are foreigners and only meant to be here for a short time.
Remain hopeful and faithful friends! God is with us! He will never leave or forsake us!
xoxo,
Stephanie Gammon
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