I've come to realize today how important HOPE is. Man is a funny creature. We can lose a lot of things - boyfriend/girlfriend, money, career - it all don't seem to crush us. Somehow, in the midst of our sorrow, we know and we believe, deep down, all these will pass and we will be able to carry on. However, if we lose hope, if we stop thinking that there will be a brighter day tomorrow, then all will be lost. We stop working hard, we stop smiling, we stop thinking, we stop talking, we stop loving, we stop opening up, we stop sharing because - what is the whole bloody point of doing all those things? There is no more hope.
But what if, just what if, you are wrong? That things you do today CAN be accumulated for tomorrow? That things you do tomorrow WILL accumulate for next year, and so on? Likewise, the things you DON'T do today WON'T accumulate for tomorrow and the things you WON'T do tomorrow CAN'T accumulate for next year? If we give up now, this is the end. This is it. No more sequel to look forward to. BUT, if we don't, there will be hope. Maybe we'll lose, but maybe we'll win. And I think we will win eventually, because success always come to those who refuse to give up.
Wanna share a verse from the bible with you.
Romans 5:3 - 5 "Not only so, but we rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us."
I know you are suffering, but what doesn't kill you, will make you stronger. And when you get stronger, you will be able to persevere more. And persevering more makes you hate giving up, and finally, we can have hope.
So my dear friend, I wish you hope, above all things. Please remember Jeremiah 29:11 - "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper and not to harm you, plans to give you a HOPE and a future."
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