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When we think of Christian hope, we quickly turn to the passages from God’s last revelation to us. We long for the time when God will “wipe every tear from [our] eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain” (Revelation 21:4). I have such a hope. We all do, but it’s “not yet.”
That hope is certain because Jesus promised on so many occasions that it will come, and the Bible is filled with reminders. Our faith clings to that hope, and it lies out there just beyond the here and now. Such a hope sustains us in the days of tears, mourning, crying, and pain. Sadly, it may also inoculate us against living in the present.
Of course, our hope points us ahead to the end of our days when the “not yet” becomes “forever with the Lord.” But it’s more than that. The Holy Spirit has given us hope as a daily treasure—a practical approach to life in this world.
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Author: John A. Braun
Volume 108, Number 8
Issue: August 2021
- We have love
- We have hope
- We have faith
- I come
- Love one another
- Palmetto palms and wrens
- Fathers
- Mother’s Day
- Believe the Word
- The Judas priority
- In Christ
- A thought: Mary
- Come, Lord Jesus!
- A thought: Here we stand!
- A thought: Obedience
- A thought: Hope
- A thought: Almighty God
- A thought: Scripture alone
- A thought: Their message to us
- A thought: The Ides of March
- A thought: The path of the righteous
- A thought: The Bible still matters
- A thought: Happy birthday, Brother!
- A thought: Change
- A thought: Our Father
- A thought: The difference
- A thought: Imperfect world, imperfect life
- A thought: Joy and peace today and everyday
- A thought: Good job!
- In God’s hands
- A thought: Outing death
- A thought: The Christ
- A thought: Trusting what we cannot see
- A thought: Partners
- Heirs of heaven
- Hope
- The Avengers and two lions
- Faith in Jesus
- God’s policy of love
- Lord, have mercy!
- Light in the darkness
- Why?
- The shroud
- A Lutheran Lent
- Where is God?
- Turning pages
