Hope
As we ring in the new year I have been contemplating a great deal of things and I am officially one day away from completing the entire bible I am currently reading 1 John 3 and I think I’m finally ready to start this book I was hesitant at first because I am afraid of telling you a falsehood but I have decided that my hesitance is prohibiting a good work so I have decided that my first entry will be about Hope the Hope in Jesus Christ and the Hope in a New Year As all things have a beginning and this is the first in hopefully a long line of entries that I hope to use to spread God’s Word and to convey the message of Jesus Christ to those who will listen.
So I’ll start with a story leading up to the meaning behind the title of today’s message. Yesterday I read about someone who committed suicide because they lost hope the future they felt alone and like no one was with them and that no one cared and it really made me think because there was a time in my life where I felt the exact same way but for different reasons mind so heres the story I wrote about someone I know that went through something very similar and as not to betray trust I made it like this I hope it helps.
There once was a little girl and she lived in a world that was full of magic and love. That is until one day a witch came and took her away and locked her in a dark room until she was so weak she couldn’t fight the loneliness and pain anymore and she went to sleep. Allow the witch to seal her spirit inside of a book and put that book on a shelf and left her there to die. Leaving the girl’s empty shell to wander through life as a puppet. But still the girl felt the pain and loneliness and as time when on she lost sight of her purpose and lost hope and began to hear all the evil in the darkness sprouting from the emty pages of the book whispers of “ you should just give up’ “ you’ll never be anything’ “ you’re an idiot’ you’ll never amount to anything” “ maybe you should just kill yourself.” For years the little girl heard these voices of hate and scorn. Wanting so much to return to the valley of peace and love she remembered so well she built walls up around herself and imagined an entire world of magic and Love a place she could be safe and shut the rest of the world out. Leaving her shell to become a recluse one who didn’t talk which didn’t help the little girl because she could still hear the voices which only lead her to retreat further into the pages of the book. Resulting in her Shell to move through life like a mindless drone. But the little girl didn’t care anymore she was ok with not feeling with shutting off her emotions. That is until one day the she woke up. The day she went to and a Fellowship of Christian Athletes camp and for the first time she accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and savior and for the first time in well over 5 to 6 years she was awake really and truly awake. She wasn’t in that haze anymore the wall she built were broken down just enough for her to hear a song and then the words of the speaker and she was ok again and she realized there were only two opinions in this world that mattered her own and Gods and the there was also only two peoples who could define her as a person and determine her purpose. And with that a great loud thud sounded in her chest a the walls broke down like glass all around her and light shown in the distance.
Confused and disoriented she moved towards it and when she reached out to touch it she felt a force pull her into and she when she opened her eyes she found she was no longer in the book. She looked about herself and she saw a man clad in white standing over the witch who was cowering in the corner not even trying to fight back for she knew it was pointless.
“Just take her and go!” exclaimed the witch “Leave me in peace!”
“Very well but know I will be back” he replied as he turned and made his way over to the little girl and bent down on a knee in front of the little girl “ Are you alright?”
“Y-yeah I-I’m ok” she replied
“That’s good he replied with a smile that radiated love and acceptance as he stood and offered her a hand. that the young girl took but not without caution for as she stood she asked
