Heart Journey

Jesus smiles over my past because He knows how the Father is still redeeming it and causing goodness and life to come from places of pain and sorrow. He can already see the life that will one day spring up from dark places in me. Jesus smiles with joy over my future knowing the ways His words will bear fruit and be fulfilled in and through me. Realities I will experience that began as quiet, secret whispers within my spirit – He sees me in the fullness of them.

And He smiles now, today as He walks beside me.

He hears my faith saying:

You have a path from here to there and you will walk with me

I believe I will get there

From where I stand now angry and hopeless

Feeling lost and lonely

Into the promised redemption

I believe I will stand there

And I too will smile 

If I believe that I will stand there one day, smiling as I turn back and view the turmoil of today, through the lens of all He has done – why not allow myself to smile now?

In anticipation

In trust and faith

In hope

And so I say:  

I stand in the midst of my chaos and smile, believing that you will bring me through into a place of hope, bright with promise and full of joy.

I believe you can see the end from here.

I trust you to view the outcome now –

You are alive in the resolution

I believe you are smiling as you look.

 

And as you see that time and place in my future, I believe you have hope for where I now stand.

So - I will smile too

… with Hope!

 

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