“I will put my spirit within you, and you shall live.”
Ezekiel 37:14
There are times when all that is left is “hope,” the affirmation that things will be ok and that the future rests solely on the promises of God. But what if we see little hope, what if we lose hope? The prophet Ezekiel looked over a “valley of dry bones” and saw nothing, no hope, no life, no possibilities. God sees what our limited vision of life fails to see; hope even in the midst of supposed hopelessness. There are no limits to God’s power yet there are times when we place limitations on God. Our journey through life is paved with hope, but the messiness of life can obscure our view of the road ahead. Often hope can only be seen through the eyes of faith, which “sees” God make something out of nothing and possibility out of impossibility. Somebody once said the question is not how to avoid the rain, but how to dance in the rain. May God offer you hope and teach you to “dance” even in the face of storms along the way. Open your heart to God and will know God’s Spirit, and truly live.
Pastor Tom
Fields United Methodist Church 