heavenly light

heavenly light

Tuesday 24 August 2010

Inevitable Blessings

Inevitable Blessings

Now hope does not disappoint....
Romans 5:5

Recommended Reading
Romans 15:4-13

In his book, Your Attitude, John Maxwell tells of a town in Maine that was proposed for the site of a great hydroelectric plant. A dam would be built across the river and the town submerged. When the project was announced, the people were given many months to arrange their affairs and relocate. During those months, a curious thing happened. All improvements ceased. No painting was done. No repairs were made on the buildings, roads, or sidewalks. Day by day the whole town got shabbier. Long before the waters came, the town looked uncared for and abandoned, though the people had not yet moved away. Without hope, the town deteriorated. One citizen explained: "Where there's no faith in the future, there's no power in the present."

Our hope is a real attitude based on an assured future. Certain inevitable blessings are ahead of us and nothing can cancel or deter them. We work on ourselves day by day, we stay immune to discouragement, and we persevere with excitement because the future is just as bright as the promises of God.

Hope is never ill when faith is well.
John Bunyan

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