Topic:   Hopes And Dreams

The desire Christ had for all of humanity to come to Him was never fulfilled in His earthly life. We all have hopes and dreams. People have hopes and dreams about things like a home, family, success for children, prestige, and personal triumph. However, life seldom works out the way we want, the way we hope, or the way we dream. Christ's life did not work out the way Jesus wanted it to. Christ did not want to go to the Cross. In life, what we want, what we hope for, and what we dream about gets crushed. An elderly gentleman who dreams of a retirement of ease and luxury, now resides in a nursing home with no one to visit him. A childless couple who hope and dream of having a perfect baby, have a child with downs syndrome. A star athlete with dreams of playing professional sports, spends his life sitting in a wheelchair because of an accident. Our quality of life should not be about whether our wants, hopes, and dreams come true. The quality of our life should be about how we live when our wants, hopes, and dreams are crushed. The quality of our life is determined by how we find new hope after old hopes have been dashed. In Christ, we have an eternal hope that will never be taken away. Christ went to the Cross and was crushed in our place. Christ came back to life after death to show us there is always hope.

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