To Hope

If you look up the word Hope this is the definition you'll get:

hope  (hp)
v. hoped, hop·ing, hopes

1. To wish for something with expectation of its fulfillment.
2. Archaic To have confidence; trust

In Haiti the word (verb) is Espere. To hope. 

Romans 5:5 

"...and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us."

That is what God has given to me this Haiti trip. Hope. Hope in him, Hope in myself, Hope in the future and Hope for Haiti.

I was sitting in church in Port A Prince, It was communion Sunday which I haven't been to in months, even at home in Canada. Jon had touched on the usual communion pre-thoughts. To make sure you are right with God, if you needed to confess anything or make a change, but he put it differently. Or a heard it differently. He also gave us an extended time to meditate before taking part. So I was sitting there. Praying, meditating, seeking for something or for God to give me something. Anything. I was in such deep meditation that Anna, who was sitting beside me, thought I had fallen asleep. Then God gave it to me. A vision, and a word. In my mind and I saw it...

Hope.

Scribbled on a piece of lined paper as if a teenage girl had written it. I didn't know what it was doing there and almost brushed it off at first. But for some reason (obviously God) I held onto it. Thought about it, and wondered why that vision had come into my mind. 

I took communion and as I sat there pondering Jon announced that Troy Livesay would be speaking at church today. Troy stood up, "Today, I am going to talk about Hope." he announced.




...and that is what I will hold on to, Hope.