But There is Hope {Words of Life Wednesdays ~ A Link-up}

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"And this word is the good news that was preached to you."

{ 1 Peter 1:25}

I sit down beside pigeons with my lunch in hand. The blue skies reach far above the big skyscrapers. The hustle and bustle of city life races on in all directions. People walk fast, taxi drivers honk, workers with hard hats on light up for a brief smoke break, hot dog vendors turn their street meat while the aroma wafts up enticing the hungry to grab a quick bite.

Life goes on and on and on. 

Or so it seems.

I sit in hospital district and dine alone in the midst of a sea of people with my 100% all beef hot dog, cause the small lunch I packed did not satisfy my hunger. My nose directs my hands to dig around for some spare change to try one of those "gourmet " hot dog with sautéed onions smeared on top while ignoring the better judgment coming from my head.

The last bite did not quite taste as good as the first. I should have listened to better judgment. I toss my wrapper in the trash just before I walk into my only little quarter of the revolving doors leading into the hospital.

Life spins on and on and on. 

Life is like the revolving doors; spinning from one season to the next to eventually the promised end.

I have walked many a halls in hospitals. The frailty of life is met face on when you make your way through the mazes of passageways and corridors, up and down elevators and sit in waiting rooms.

Sickness, disease, pain, and suffering touch each one of us. Not one of us will escape their grip. 

It is easy to despair.

This road is not an easy one.

But there is hope.

Always hope.

Human flesh is weak, frail, and failing.

The power of the word of the Lord supplies new life.

The word is the good news.

The glorious grace of the gospel dispenses living hope.

In all its beauty the spring flower will bloom and fade and fall.

In all its grandeur the fresh green grass will wither and die.

This life is only a mist. Here today. Gone tomorrow.

But there is hope.

The abiding and living word brings forth imperishable life.

Life eternal.

"set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ."

{ 1 Peter 1:13}

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