Hm, read The Book this morning.. then said my little prayer. Then just randomly came this tought about giving up. It reminds me of a long, hot walk in blue mountain not long ago. The path that we took.. we kinda had no clue where it would end up, how long was it exactly and we didn't even know how good was this waterfall gonna be. All we knew was, there gonna be a waterfall - a destination. The further we went, it kinda became more puzzled, as no more clear signs were displayed. It was just this rough path forward. It was hot and tiring.
"C'mon, we're almost there.."
Though at the end he admitted that he had no idea if it was really almost there. Haha.
But we didn't give up
.
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and there were we, finally.
Just thinking, what happen if after such a long path we had taken.. when we were almost there (yet we never knew for sure), we gave up. Then later we find out that.. ouch, just if we didn't give up, it was not that far after all.
Sometimes.. and most of the time it's not easy to walk this unknown path. God knows that haunting feeling not to go on. Life is indeed like a game. We put in our coins, its up to us whether to continue or to stop when we see the enemy beats us like hell and our hero is beaten almost to death - yet still alive. I guess life is all about hope. What we do today, and what makes us able to go on in such rough walk is that hope for something bigger, something better, something exciting, something extraordinary.. there, somewhere at the front.
For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees?
Rom 8: 24
Then I was awakened. Sghhh, why should I not believe anymore? When everyone is weary, why do I let myself flow with all of these fears and wearyness? Why not giving another extra mile.. after all of these miles I've walked in. I don't even know what exactly I am expecting, but I believe there's gonna be somewhere my faith is gonna take me.
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Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.
Vaclav Havel
When the heart is enlivened again, it feels like the sun coming out after a week of rainy days. There is hope in the heart that chases the clouds away. Hope is a higher heart frequency and as you begin to reconnect with your heart, hope is waiting to show you new possibilities and arrest the downward spiral of grief and loneliness. It becomes a matter of how soon you want the sun to shine. Listening to the still, small voice in your heart will make hope into a reality.
Sara Paddison, The Hidden Power of the Heart
C'mon friends, we're almost there!