A Movie?

Who would have ever thought that some silly 'chic' movie could bring even more Hope and Life into my story, life. But that is exactly what the movie, 27 Dresses, I saw tonight did. It isn't that it was a great movie or anything really profound, it just touched something inside and gave me some thoughts to ponder upon.

So many of you have been concerned about my post on giving up and an email I shared with some. The start of this year has been a great return for me of what I know yet allowed the world, so to speak, to begin to take away.

In the book, "The Power of Their Ideas", by Deborah Meier which I am reading for my class had two sentences in it which stood out to me the other day as I read.

The kind of thing we learn best from pain is avoidance and bitterness.
And,
Self-doubt and a sense of hopelessness are things you can chip away at.

That is where I was and what I was letting the world teach me from my pain. BUT, PRAISE JESUS, I can chip away at the doubt and hopelessness I was feeling.

PRAISE JESUS that, "Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love." (1 Corinthians 13:12-13).

My heart was warmed after the movie. I have to dream and believe there is Hope. I know when you risk it can be painful, but I don't want that pain to turn into fear. I want to BE who GOD has created ME to BE.

I RISK
I DREAM
I HOPE

I don't want to stop RISKING, DREAMING, and especially HOPING.

"I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope. My soul waits for the LORD more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning. O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption." Psalm 130: 5-7

The above verse also makes me think about Habakkuk 2:1-3.