Hope

Hello all...

Thought I would contribute and give a voice this April to this blog. You know in about 2 weeks from now will be a year since each of us took that leap of faith to embark on a journey together. It has since been 2 years and 4 days to date that I've started on my very own DTS. Each passing year gets more exciting as I remember what God had done in and through me for that precious 5 months.

Well for those who have not heard, I've started work since Feb this year with a primary school as a teacher assistant. It's so far it's been great and I love it. Still completing my tons of TESOL (Teaching English to Students of Other Languages) assignments. 

So not deviating further from the topic, there's so much about the word hope and how God is our hope has been coming back to me in many ways more than one. I'm organizing an evangelistic youth service back in church this month and as the organizing team prayed, we all sensed that we ought to theme it as HOPE and based it one this verse: 

"For  you have been my hope, O Sovereign Lord, my confidence since my youth." - Psalm 71:5

When I first saw this beautiful rainbow that got almost everyone talking, it reminded me the promises of God to Noah, following that how the outreach team saw a rainbow in Laos and also in Indonesia. I believe that this is really the hour that despite everything around us are failing and were everyone is uncertain about the future due to politically and economically instability, we can arise and shine because our hope is not in man nor in money but in Someone. 

With that rainbow which I saw a few weeks back, I felt as if God was asking me to remember His promises to me. Perhaps He is asking you the same thing. Just yesterday on my way to church, I felt to turn to the bible as the Lord lead and He showed me this verse which blew my mind because it was one of those "passover verses" that we wonder how did it get there?

"May the God of hope, fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him so that you may overflow with hope by the power of His Holy Spirit." - Romans 15:13

Continue to hope in Him for He is faithful. H.O.P.E = Holding onto Prayer Everyday.