Love has Hope in you. (Max Lucado)

This aspiring young author was in need of hope. more than one person had told him to give up. "getting published is impossible," one mentor said: "unless you are a national celebrity, publishers won't talk to you." another warned; "writing takes too much time. besides, you don't want all your thoughts on paper."

initially he listened. he agreed that writing was a waste of effort and turned his attention to other projects. but somehow the pen & pad could not be seperated to the wordaholic. he'd rather write than read. so he wrote. how many nights did he pass on that couch in the house, reshuffling his deck of verbs & nouns? how many hours did his wife sit with him? finally a manuscript was finnished. crude & laden with mistakes but finnished.

she gave him the shove. "send it out. what's the harm?" so out it went. mailed it to 15 different publishers. while the couple waited, he wrote again. while he wrote, she sat with him every night. niether expecting much, both hoping for everything.

As an author & his wife kept waiting, responses began to fill the mail box. "i'm sorry, but we don't accept unsolicited manuscripts, we must return your work. best of luck." :"our catalog doesn't have room for unpublished authors."

the wife framed the manuscript & gave it to him as a gift, about the time the 15th letter arrived. a publisher had said yes. they framed that letter too. which of the two is more meaningful? the gift from the wife or the letter from the publisher? it's the gift. for giving the gift, his wife gave him hope.

love does that. love extends an olive leaf to the loved ones & says "i have hope in you." love is just as quick to say "i have hope for you" you can say these words. you are a flood survivor, by God's grace you have found your way to dry land. (Gen:8:10-11). you know what is like to see the waters subside. & since you do, you are qualified to give hope to someone else who is low on hope.

God will make a way where there is no way, just when you thought it's over.

A young man from a not so wealthy family wanted to study medicine, but unfortunately he was late to register for for that course at the university. so there was only one course that was available for him to take. that was manangement course. he did'nt like it, but took it 'cause he had no other choice but to study something from that institution.

he passed it & he got a job & worked as a machine operator for 7 years. then it happened that there was an internal post for an Area mananger, he put his CV. he was called for an interview.

at an interview they were 7 of them who were called for interview. the difference amoung them was that, he was the only one who had studied the things that were being in the interview. so he passed it & got the job.

You see God will make a way for you. He said "i know the plans i have for you & it is to prosper you." when God lays a foundation, He already has the future in mind. don't quit, do'nt give up, don't give in. it is not over with you until God says it's over.

YOUR HEART DETERMINES THE COURSE OF YOUR LIFE

Careful words make for a careful life; careless talk may ruin everything. no matter how much you want, laziness won't help a bit, but hard work will reward you with more than enough. you are in for trouble if you sin, but you'll be rewarded if you live right.

Proverbs 4: 23. "Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life." you are what you eat. if you feed your heart with lies & hate. you will become just that, but if you feed your heart with the word of God, even your character will be as good.

remember, your character tells people about who you really are, but your reputation is what people think of you. change your heart, for your heart determines the course of your life. who you are on the inside has everything to do with what your life looks like on the outside. what is at your heart determines who you are. so in other words, you reap what you saw. you become what you think about. think about the word of God.