Doubt keeps us from believing things can get better. Doubt convinces us that it's not worth the try. Doubt shouts from the sidelines:
"It's too hard."
"You might as well quit."
"Go ahead and give up. Just walk away. "
I have found that doubt and hope cannot live in my heart at the same time. Without the possibility of hope for something different, the possibility of change - doubt wins every time. But I have also discovered that with Jesus, all things are possible and the most likely place for change - is within me!!!
A journey beyond the shadow of doubt will require faith and hope! So many times we are afraid to hope, afraid to believe, because we don't want to be disappointed. But hope and faith will be required in this journey because "hope looks ahead and keeps desire alive." Doubt on the other hand, looks down and refuses to take a next step forward.
Yet, the God of all hope calls us, beckons us, invites us to live beyond the shadow of doubt.
And He declares:
"Things are about to change - see I am doing a new thing."
"I am working all things together for good, because you love me and are called according to my purpose."
"All things are possible for those who believe."
~Renee Swope
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