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| 'Despair' by Frank Holl - Southampton Art Gallery |
The most
common form of despair is not being who you are.
People whose early experience of life is uncertain and unsafe, even when they were not old enough to comprehend this, tend to have an insecurity hanging over them; like a floating anxiety. To have an understand of context, history and destiny is a profound thing. We think of animals just 'existing'. But for us human beings, perhaps understanding these basic things frees us into existence.
Hebrews Chapter Six
It is getting
rather tiring having to go over the basics time and again!
It is hardest for
those who ‘know the truth’, and turn their back on it,
They know what the
Creator wants.
How can they come
back when they openly reject this offer?
The natural
processes of life mean that good things will happen.
But there are also
obstacles such as ‘rocks’, or ‘thorns’ that get in the way.
The way to deal
with these is to ‘uproot’ and ‘burn’.
I don’t mean to
scare you.
The Creator knows
how long you have earnestly desire to get right with him.
Let us keep on loving
each other and that will be the sign that we are succeeding.
An example of hope
we all know is when our forefather Abraham was told that he would be the head
of a great nation, despite being very old and having no children.
The Creator gave
him a promise that was also an oath that this would happen.
The oath was
something ‘certain’ that Abraham could hold on to.
In the same way we
have been promised that we are safe in the Creator’s plan for the future.
PRAYER: Thank you for telling me who I am, and why I live.
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