Are You a Prisoner of Hope?

Why do the birds go on singing?

Why do others laugh while I cry? …

The birds are just being themselves, doing what they are made to do. In the midst of their obedience, they pull me along into life again. They make me remember that I am too am made for a purpose.  And so are you.

God says that we are to…

ARISE [from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept (us!)–rise to a new life]! Isaiah 60:1

And He calls us to…

Come home, hope-filled prisoners! This very day I’m declaring a double bonus—everything you lost returned twice-over! (Zechariah 9:12b-MSG)

Prayer- Well Lord, we forgot to sing for just a bit, but we are back on track again now, thanks to you and your birds! Amen.