God’s Blueprint for Peace

Watercolor by artist: Marybeth Stafford

When the rug is pulled out from under you; when life throws uncertainties and death lurks in every corner. When shadows surround you and evil stalks you and terror screams at you in the night…when sleep mocks you…and peace is only a word, found, somewhere far in the distance…that’s when you hold-on to hope…

You hold-on to hope, because, hope is all you have…

You hope that God is hearing your cries…

You hope that all the pain and the anxiety will be over soon and you can live again…

Hope is a powerful weapon against the enemy of your soul…

We don’t hope as the world hopes…they have no assurance and no personal relationship with the Savior, Jesus. So their hope is in vain…their hope is an illusion…

But our Hope is eternal and never ending…our hope is immovable, set firm…Our Hope is in the Lord!

It is a gift from God…Hope says, there is a way out…

Hope says, even in this sickness, even in distress and this heart wrenching despair, I know I can trust Him…for He does not lie…

Hope destroys the lies and brings truth…

Hope gives and does not take away

Hope restores faith to the soul so that we do not give way to panic and death

Hope makes alive

Hope saves

Hope transforms

Hope steady’s the ship, being battered by the waves in the sea…

Hope gives courage even when our hearts shake in fear

Hope delivers and brings peace in the deepest darkest pit…

Hope is in the Lord Jesus Christ…

Hope says do not be afraid the answer is on the way…

Hope is God’s word that is sharper than a two-edged sword…

Hope gives light, that chases the shadows away…

Hope is grace

Hope is Love

Hope is peace

Hope is praise

Hope is an anchor, stedfast and sure…when tossed to and fro on the waves of confusion and doubt Hope says, believe and have faith in God…

Hope is our song of deliverance…

Hope is beauty for ashes and a spotless garment for a spirit of heaviness…

Put on Hope, and arise in triumph and victory…for our Hope is in the Lord!

Without hope we would surely perish, but with Hope we survive and thrive, knowing God is our hope…He is our desire and while we are not without suffering…Hope brings us to the place of obedience where we see the hand of God, that bring us to His side…

Abide in hope for hope will guide us to faith, and love!

God’s blueprint for peace!

~Marla Shaw O’Neill April 4, 2019

Habakkuk 3:17-19 The Message (MSG)

Though the cherry trees don’t blossom and the strawberries don’t ripen, thought the apples are worm-eaten and the wheat fields stunted, though the sheep pens are sheepless and the cattle barns empty, I’m singing joyful praise to God. I’m turning cartwheels of joy to my Savior God. Counting on God’s Rule to prevail, I take heart and gain strength. I run like a deer. I feel like I’m king of the mountain! 

To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Colossians 1:27

Delayed hope makes the heart-sick, but fulfilled desire is a tree of life. Proverbs 13:12 HCSB

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. I Corinthians 13:13 NIV