7 Days of Hope Blog Tour - My Post!

 Hey, y'all!

 I hope you've enjoyed this blog tour so far! These girls' posts are so beautiful and hopeful! I didn't realize how inspiring it would be to see so many people sharing what hope is to them!

    Well - now it's my turn! Here goes!

    Since I was little, my favorite Bible verse has been Isaiah 43:1.   

(Feel free to download this image and the one below! You can use them as phone wallpapers - that's what I plan on doing with them!)

    The wonderful, encouraging verse that comes right after this one, about God being with you through deep waters, seems to be quoted a lot more. But that wasn't the verse that I clung to for years. It was this one. Where God said that He had called me by name.

   What hope could ever be greater than knowing that the God of the universe has called you by name?

    When I think of hope and beauty and wonder...

    One of my favorite classic heroines comes to mind - Anne Shirley. While I was looking for an Anne of Green Gables quote for this post, a short, sweet, very Anne-ish one caught my eye. It sounded so much like something a friend had sent me when I was having a rough day. I found the original Anne quote (on page 188 in my copy of Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery) and made an image for it:

    No matter how bad today seems, it's not the end. We're not promised tomorrow, but, if it comes, we have an amazing God by our side and a clean slate to work with. That's what hope is - knowing that right now isn't perfect, but that right now isn't all there is to life.

I didn't have to think too hard about a song that gives me hope.

    "Symphony" by Switch wins, hands down. 

    It's a song full of hope and promise. It's not just a song about how God is in charge and how everything is going to turn out all right. It's a song about how life is dark. How we can't see what we're fighting for. How we just want to give up. And then it's a song of hope. Of how God is in control, whether or not we see Him. Of how He's never failed us yet. Of how we'll have to go through trials, but we're going to keep following God. Even if we can't see Him. Even if we don't understand.

    Especially with everything going on today, I know that life can seem so dark. That it's hard to see the light.

    But the Light is still there. Just look for it. That's what hope is.

If you missed the other tour stops, here are the links to those blogs!    

• Day 1 - Aug. 16 - SawyerMarie at Sundrop Girls
• Day 2 - Aug. 17 - Brooklyne Elysse at Showers of Blessings
• Day 3 - Aug. 18 - Katja at Little Blossoms for Jesus
• Day 4 - Aug. 19 - Brooklyn at Five Sheckels
• Day 5 - Aug. 20 - Emma at Seven Billion Smiles
• Day 6 - Aug. 21 - Ellen at Ellen's Musings

Hold your head up and smile today! We have a hope that nothing in this world can conquer!

Until the next time!