“Three things will last forever – faith, hope, and love – and the greatest of these is love.” (1 Corinthians 13:13 NLT)
“Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.” (Hebrews 11:1 BSB)
“I will bless you with a future filled with hope – a future of success, not of suffering.” (Jeremiah 29:11 CEV)
We have allowed the media, the politicians, many times even religious voices, to create a narrative of doom and gloom, especially here in America. I’m hearing people say, “There goes the American Dream. If this party wins its all over. If this other party wins we have no more rights.” and it goes on and on.
There are so many voices trying to convince me that our best days are behind us. If I listen then soon I start to think that everybody is bad and no one can be trusted. It’s terrible now, and just wait, it’s gonna get even worse! I’m being fed all kinds of junk. Blah, Blah, Blah!
I tell you what, I for one refuse to let that narrative get into my head and heart. I am not going to accept that perspective on life!
I have a glorious hope for the future. My eternity, starting NOW, is bright. And I have a whole lot of hope for today. I do not have to live in that fear, doom and gloom, scenario.
As long as I live in America, regardless of anyone or anything else around me, there is going to be revival in America. How do I know that? Because there is revival in me!
As long as I live in America there will be dreams in America. How do I know? Because I am a dreamer!
As long as I live in America, and I choose to dream, and I choose to believe, it is never too late. The same goes for you.
I would have to be blind not to see that there are definite problems out there. I would have to be deaf not to hear the cries all around me. However, I would have to be hard hearted to give up hope. And I would have to be dead in order to have no hope of turning things around. On top of that, the fact that the negative voices are louder than the positive gives a false narrative making things seem to be far worse than they are.
I hope you will join me in putting into practice…
…Eric’s Life Lesson # 347: Writing My Own Narrative