2009, the year of hope

Baby New Year has arrived, bouncing with energy and brimming with hope. Hope, the universal truth to which all men cling. It is with hope that the soldiers wait for a cease fire. It is with hope that the unemployed search for jobs. It is with hope that the hungry brace themselves against the cold as they wait in soup kitchen lines. It is with hope that America awaits Obama's presidency. Hope, the light that makes the dark nights just slightly brighter. Hope, the thing that Jesus Christ gives to each of us. Jesus told us "I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." (John 10:10b). So many times we look around at our circumstances as an individual, as a group or as a nation and think that it is hopeless. Nothing could be further from the truth. Have life to the full! It is time for us as God's children to quit begging for table scraps from this world and do what Christ has told us to do. We need to look up for our hope. We must take our eyes off of the surroundings with it's ugliness and temporary moments and stare intently into the eyes of our Savior for our hope. It is through faith in Him that we find our true hope and in finding our true hope, we find life...to the full.

Looking forward to a full 2009 with you,
Angie