Renewing Hope

The most effective method to renew hope is to meditate on the love of God. There was a day when I was the lowest I had ever been. I was filled with doubt, blaming myself for a very hurtful situation. As I walked through the woods, I asked the Lord, "How can you love me when I fail You so often?" Sobbing, I sat on a rock and the Lord met me there. Verses filled my mind. "I have loved you from the foundation of the world". "Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us."  "Neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate you from my love." And this song:

O, the deep, deep love of Jesus,

Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free!

Rolling as a mighty ocean

In its fullness over me!

Underneath me, all around me,

Is the current of Thy love.

Leading onward, leading homeward

To Thy glorious rest above.

I felt like I was being immersed in a pool of love.  I could feel it penetrating my pores, cleansing away the negative emotions, revitalizing my spirit. God's love is incredible, so much greater than we can comprehend with our finite minds.

The love of God, is richer far
Than tongue or pen can ever tell.
It goes beyond the highest star,
And reaches to the lowest hell.
The guilty pair, bowed down with care,
He sent His Son to win;
His erring child, He reconciled.
And pardoned from his sin.


Could we with ink the ocean fill,
And were the skies of parchment made,
Were every stalk on earth a quill,
And every man a scribe by trade.
To write the love of God above,
Would drain the ocean dry,
Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
Though stretched from sky to sky.

Oh, love of God,
How rich, how pure,
How measureless and strong.
It shalt forevermore endure --
The saints' and angels' song.

So what should be our response to such an incredible love?

Lord, to me Your love is overwhelming.

You're my glory, You're my everything,

Forever You are worthy of my praise,

My heart, my hands to You I raise,

In awe of You I lift my voice and sing.

How I love You, Lord,

You're my all in all.

I can see Your face,

All Your glory and Your grace,

When You speak to me,

You set me spirit free.

Words can never tell just

How I love You, Lord.

May the GREAT LOVE of God renew your hope and keep it ever thriving.