Spring Training Hope
Feb/071
My beloved Reds will play the Pirates in their first spring training game this Thursday. Can't wait to hear the crack of that bat again! As any Reds fan will tell you, last season was surprising, but still ultimately disappointing. And I'm not sure that enough significant moves have been made in the off-season to make a tangible difference this year…but during spring training, there's always hope. Hope that young players can have a breakout year. Hope that the veterans can stay healthy and provide needed leadership. No matter what happened last season, there is always hope in spring training.
I've gone through disappointing and discouraging seasons in my life. You have, too. But one thing that is always available for us as children of God is hope. Hope is not naivete. It is not blind optimism. Hope is simply the belief that God is good. He is faithful. His promises are sure.
We will experience some rough stuff in our life's journey. God told us that ahead of time in the Bible. But he also told us that our struggles are temporary. And he has promised us that we're not alone.
God's most frequent promise in the Bible is not, "I forgive you."
It's not even, "I love you."
God's most frequent Scriptural promise is, "I will be with you."
He is with us…even in the most difficult of seasons.
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3:14 pm on February 28th, 2007
Go Redlegs! The hope and optimism that leads to opening day of baseball is something that I wish all people could understand in terms of the hope we have in Christ. Good Post!