{"id":1751,"date":"2020-07-02T09:54:30","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T23:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/?p=1751"},"modified":"2020-07-02T09:54:30","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T23:54:30","slug":"there-is-hope-still","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/there-is-hope-still\/","title":{"rendered":"There is Hope still"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Next week I would help with facilitating group of teens. Part of the preparation, I received discussions around teens. And it can be quite depressing to hear the challenges. Furthermore, there’re many other things regarding health of family members which pull me down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

So this morning, as I was reading on God’s encounter with Solomon and the Proverbs that recorded for us, I simply ask God for wisdom to manage my household.<\/p>\n

And God reminded me of the reason for hope which very dear to me:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet this I call to mind\n    and therefore I have hope:\n <\/sup>Because of the Lord\u2019s great love we are not consumed,\n    for his compassions never fail.\n <\/sup>They are new every morning;\n    great is your faithfulness.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
And God reminded me the story of Rahab in book of Joshua. A prostitute whose life was transformed became the great ancestor of JEsus the Messiah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what is life about? It’s about the never ending God’s mercy & faithfulness. And therefore we can always have hope, even in the midst of hopelessness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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