HOPE HEALS

Healing Hand of Hope

by MLG1279

Run faster, got to run faster, got to hurry!! It’s coming closer! I can’t get away from it. I might as well just give up. I’m such a loser. I can’t do anything right. I should just end it all!!!

Darkness whispers, “Go ahead and end it. You are such a failure. You are so worthless. The world would be a better place without you.”

Still, small voice beckons, “No, you are not any of those things. Don’t listen to those lies. You are beautiful. Come this way, towards the light. I’m here, and I want to help you. I am Hope.”

Who said that? Where are those voices coming from? I’m so confused. I hear a voice agreeing with me, but then I hear another voice saying I’m beautiful? I don’t know what to believe anymore. Life hasn’t been good for a while. If there is hope, why haven’t I felt it before? Why now when I’ve decided life isn’t worth living, should I believe there is hope?

Darkness lies, “You’re only confused because you have made a miserable mess of your life, you don’t deserve hope ... ”

Still small voice interrupts, “Lies, don’t listen to those lies. Please let me share the Truth of the matter with you. I love you. Yes I know it’s been awhile since you’ve heard anyone say that to you, and if they have it feels like just words, but I do truly love you. I love you so much that I’ve wanted to help you for a long time. The reason you haven’t been able to feel Hope before is because the darkness surrounding you has tried to keep you from me. But, I am stronger than the darkness. I want to be your friend.

Be my friend? Someone wants to be my friend? Who are you? What do you want from me? Everything comes with a price these days, so what is it your looking for? And as far as love goes, well I stopped believing in love a long time ago.

Still small voice answers, “I honestly don’t want anything from you but to be your best friend and for you to come to love me in return. I know right now that you aren’t able to believe in love but I am Hope and with Hope comes friendship. The price has already been paid in full. Hope won’t cost you a thing.”

How can I believe that hope won’t cost a thing? What is Hope anyway? And besides ... Yikes what’s that nipping at me again? Oh not the pain again ... Pain so full of pain, my heart hurts from all the pain I’ve been going through lately. The only way out of this pain is to put an end to myself. Then the misery will be gone.

Darkness creeps up, “Come here, I’m not letting you go without a fight.”

Still small voice reaches, “Wait that pain can be cured. I will take that pain from you. I will fight for you. I am stronger than the pain. Please let me help. Come here my weary child and I will give you rest. My yoke is easy. And as for Hope, well Hope is what carries us through the trials of life. Hope is all those things you’ve ever believed could happen for you in life. I am Hope.”

Well if you are hope, then why weren’t you there when mom died? Why weren’t you there when my wife left? Why weren’t you there when I couldn’t find a job? Why weren’t you there when I cried until there were no more tears to cry? Why weren’t you there when the courts said I couldn’t see my kids? Why weren’t you there when my world started crumbling around me? Why are you here now, when I have nothing left?!!

Darkness snickers, “Yeah where was hope then?”

Hope patiently answers, “I have been right beside you through it all. I have never left you nor forsaken you. I hurt when you hurt. I can relate to all your pain. I want to show you how to get past that pain. I want to heal you. I never wanted you to experience all the things you have. See what you don’t realize is that there is one who seeks to devour you. And with my help I can give you all the hope you need to push forward and to move away from the past. Won’t you give me a chance?”

Darkness spews, “Are you really going to listen to all of that? I mean if He really cared about you, then you wouldn’t have lost everything!

Go away! Just go away! You keep trying to get me to doubt this Hope but what you offer me is nothing but death. Hope is saying He wants to heal me. Hope is saying He will help me get past my past. No one has ever offered to do anything for me before. No one has cared before. It’s the only chance I have left ... so Hope? Who are you?

So, you’ve made the choice to come and find out who is Hope. I am so absolutely delighted!

Who is Hope and what can Hope do for you? Well it’s all pretty simple but often seems more complicated. Hope is the Way the Truth and the Life. Hope wants to help you heal because Hope knows what you can truly be. Right now your sitting there so distraught with everything and thinking of how you can’t seem to succeed at anything. Maybe your finances are out of whack. Maybe you’ve lost the one person or thing you cared about most. Maybe you’ve seen things in this world that no one should have to see. Maybe you’ve been hurt in ways that no one should have to hurt. Hope knows where you have been and what you have been through. Hope has already seen every choice you’ve ever made, and Hope has been there beside you through it all. Hope will never leave you nor forsake you. Hope loves you.

Yep there’s that word again? Love ... well Hope loves you so very much that He gave up His life for you. Bet you didn’t know you had friends like that huh? Well you do. Hope is a friend who died for you so that you can continue on in just these times you are facing. Hope doesn’t want you to give up. Hope wants you to let Him help you. Through Hope the sins of the past can be washed away, and you can become a new creature.

There’s more to who Hope is. As I stated earlier, Hope is the Way. The Way you are being offered is a direction towards healing and getting past your problems. Hope is assuring you there is a reason to live. There is a brighter tomorrow. Following Hope will lead you to all that you will ever need. The path Hope will lead you on is one that is eternal. Hope is the Way to salvation and redemption.

Hope is the Truth. Truth sometimes hurts because we want someone who will tell us all the nice things we want to hear, but Truth tells us everything good and bad. Truth will never hurt you. Truth wants nothing but good things for you. Sometimes it’s easy to blame Truth for things that go wrong or happen. But that’s because you may not be getting the results you want or expect. I know right now it seems as if it would be easier to just quit forever, but since Hope is Truth, then I’m going to be truthful with you. It isn’t. The choice you make now is a lifetime choice. Either you take away something that isn’t yours to take, or you can give Hope a chance and let Hope help you find the Peace you deserve.

And Last Hope is Life. Life that will bring you Hope forever. I know your thinking Life doesn’t sound too grand right now. But that’s because you are looking at Life through your eyes and not through the eyes of Hope. Life through the eyes of Hope is so very different. I want to share with you what Life through the eyes of Hope looks like. It looks like a butterfly sitting on a flower. It looks like a child running through a mud puddle. It looks like a beach lit by the rising sun. It looks like a heart filled with joy on a day when it rains nonstop.

Life is what is awaiting you through the promises that Hope has given. Those promises include a new Heaven and Earth, no more tears, and most of all Eternity. This world is truly not our home; it is just a temporary stop on a journey that ends in Life. Hope is what sustains us in this world, as when we do get Home, everything we have hoped for will become ours.

Won’t you continue on with Hope? Give Hope a chance? Hope really does have something good for you. Hope really wants to show you that tomorrow is a new day, and one that is filled with new beginnings. Won’t you come and see what Hope has to offer?

Here you are. Coming to check out what Hope has to offer. I’m glad you have chosen to do so. Let’s continue shall we?

Imagine yourself walking down a road. On the right side everything looks dark and dead, and on the left side everything looks bright and alive. Then ahead sits a mountain and the road split with a pathway to the right leading further into darkness. But, to the left is a sunlit pathway that looks so inviting and beautiful. Hope lives down the Lighted pathway. Hope is offering for you to join Him on that pathway.

Are you wondering why Hope is offering anything to you? The answer is that He is doing so because He loves you. Uh huh? I know what you are thinking ... there’s that love word again. But it is true. Hope does love you. In fact, Hope loves you so much that He is offering to help you, to heal you, and to give you a new start. And what is more, He is offering this to you at no cost. The price has already been paid in full.

I know it’s been awhile since you’ve felt joy and happiness, but the feeling is still there. It’s just been suppressed inside of you. It’s been surrounded by all the emotions that have been controlling you. Hope is offering to help you find that joy and happiness. Hope can renew your life and help you see that there is a way. With Hope all things are possible.

A new beginning waits for you. A chance to put all of the past behind and to start fresh. This includes everything you feel is a reason not to continue. But, Hope knows what is waiting for you, and wants you to come see. Starting over may seem scary but it’s truly better than the choices you have been contemplating. Hope will not hurt you. Hope will only serve you.

You may be asking what will make a new beginning better than the old life you’ve been living. The answer to that is that Hope will be with you on this new journey.

Have you ever had a pair of jeans that you liked so much that you wore them until they had holes in them? Then you patched the holes so that you could wear the jeans just a bit longer? Until one day those old jeans finally couldn’t withstand any more wear and they fell apart. Then you had to go out and purchase a new pair of jeans.

This is similar to what Hope is offering to you. Hope has seen the wear and tear that you’ve been through. Hope has seen the toll your past has taken on you. Hope has seen how you have tried to patch up your life time and time again. Hope knows that you deserve a new beginning. Hope is now offering to make you a new creature in Him.

The Healing Hand of Hope has placed His offering before you. When we met a bit earlier, there seemed to be no way out, and you were about to give up. Hope has now shown you that there is another choice.

Come let’s go together and see how to take that step. I can assure you the journey is about to begin not end.

Now it’s time to take a Step towards Hope. With taking this step, you are about to enter a pathway to healing. Hope will be thrilled to know that you have decided to give Him a chance. The journey begins with just one small step. Sometimes those steps can be baby steps, but the key is to move forward. Often we think it would just be easier to stay where we are, but as long as we do that we are stuck in the past. Hope doesn’t live in the past, and He is awaiting you. Won’t you make the decision and take the step to come and join Him?

Hope’s pathway is one that is filled with newness and Life. I know that’s hard to imagine sitting where you are at this moment, but it is true. The Helping Hand of Hope will bring you joy and happiness. He wants to give you the desires of your heart. He wants you to know that He does love you, and that He wants you to choose to follow Him.