Topic: Keep Promise And Hope Alive

In the grind we call daily life, the snarls of worries, cares, concerns, and anxieties we all experience can smother out our hope and promise for the future. We can get so bogged down with declining hope, in just trying to get from one minute to the next, we can end up not caring much about next week or next year. However, we all need to consider our future as a time of promise and a time of hope. The older we get, the less of a future we have in terms of years. As the years roll by and we get older, our ability to find hope and promise for the future becomes more and more difficult because we realize we are running out of time. When we age, we often run out of energy. After we get beaten down and beaten back by life, we too often give up hope and surrender our promise as we look forward to a time of rest and retirement. As we get older, we often look forward to a time when we can take our ease and coast into our last days without the daily turmoil of living. However, no matter how old or no matter how young we are, we must work hard to keep hope and promise alive in every stage of life. We can keep hope and promise alive by realizing all things are possible at any age. No matter what our present circumstances might be, we can either change those circumstances or we can change our response to those circumstances. We must remember the darkness of the night is followed by the light of dawn. Even on dismal and cloudy days, the light of the sun still shines above the clouds.

These words were posted at one of Shepherd's Care Ministries Sites called Wisdom Moment. This site is located at:
http://www.shepherdscare.net/wisdomminute

Shepherd's Care Ministries Main Site located at:
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