Comments on: Where Do You Find Hope? https://healthyspirituality.org/where-do-you-find-hope/ Nurturing a vibrant healthy spirituality Thu, 12 Jan 2017 01:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 By: Jean Wise https://healthyspirituality.org/where-do-you-find-hope/#comment-7420 Thu, 12 Jan 2017 01:24:00 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/?p=5120#comment-7420 In reply to Ceil.

Fragile is a great word to describe hope. I think at time we do have a good grasp on hope, then it shatters. Not an even process is it? Lacey’s amazing story though will stay with me for quite a while, giving me hope. Yes we can hope, like you write.

]]> By: Jean Wise https://healthyspirituality.org/where-do-you-find-hope/#comment-7419 Thu, 12 Jan 2017 01:23:00 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/?p=5120#comment-7419 In reply to Nancy Ruegg.

Yes it made me want to hold my grand babies knowing they were healthy and whole. I worked for a while at a Children Hospital in Columbus and took care of infant surgery unit where they repaired many brith defects. The experience though left me with fear that “God might send me a child born with way since he saw I could handle it” not very good theology. Lacey does address that type of thinking and what other people said to her in the book. Brought back that memory. Her faith in God, though strained at times, is amazing and I know her story will help others in all types of situations. God is good!

]]> By: Jean Wise https://healthyspirituality.org/where-do-you-find-hope/#comment-7418 Thu, 12 Jan 2017 01:20:00 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/?p=5120#comment-7418 In reply to Dolly @ Soulstops.com.

Wow that is so cool, Dolly. I love your word – HOPE – very powerful.

]]> By: Jean Wise https://healthyspirituality.org/where-do-you-find-hope/#comment-7417 Thu, 12 Jan 2017 01:19:00 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/?p=5120#comment-7417 In reply to Martha Orlando.

It was quote a story to read too. We have a big God who does amazing things, don’t we?

]]> By: Ceil https://healthyspirituality.org/where-do-you-find-hope/#comment-7416 Wed, 11 Jan 2017 17:35:00 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/?p=5120#comment-7416 Hi Jean! Hope can be such a fragile thing, dashed in a minute. I think that’s because we hope in things we don’t see, and in the one we can’t see yet.
When people find such rock-hard hope, like this author, it’s a huge encouragement to me. We CAN hope! We have the power of God with us, and he will see us through.
Blessings,
Ceil

]]> By: Nancy Ruegg https://healthyspirituality.org/where-do-you-find-hope/#comment-7415 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:37:00 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/?p=5120#comment-7415 Oh my. Such a story as Christian’s and Lacey’s certainly puts into perspective any complaints I might have, any disappointments or trying situations. Nothing I have faced compares to their ongoing challenge. / Where do I find hope? In the Bible and other reading, through worship and meditation on the attributes of God. That’s not to say I’m always full of hope, but as Martha points out below, just when hope seems gone, God steps in with a fresh supply.

]]> By: Dolly @ Soulstops.com https://healthyspirituality.org/where-do-you-find-hope/#comment-7414 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 22:17:00 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/?p=5120#comment-7414 Jean,
Okay, you won’t believe this but I just wrote a draft of a post on my 2017 word…HOPE! Yep, I read your post and I felt the God-chills 🙂 Thanks for sharing this inspiring and true story. I need to figure out how to add it to my post …Blessings on you, my friend 🙂

]]> By: Martha Orlando https://healthyspirituality.org/where-do-you-find-hope/#comment-7413 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 21:57:00 +0000 http://healthyspirituality.org/?p=5120#comment-7413 What an inspiring story that could bring hope to all of us, Jean. Isn’t it in times when all things around us seem broken, that God steps in in a big way?
Blessings!

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