It has come to my attention that my blog needs some attention.
(Hat tip HD)

I just don't know what to write about. I guess lately I have found hope in the lowest of places. Usually, for me anyways, I can only see hope in hopeful situations. When everything is going great then ya, I see hope. When a friend is making the right choices and whose life is going up and straight, ya I can see hope. But when temptation is yielded to over and over I do not see hope. And when my friends backslide for the hundredth time I cannot see hope. And when I've hit rock bottom hope is gone.

The past few weeks have been hard, really hard. In the past, times like these have resulted in becoming hopeless and fearful. Two feelings that cause me to retreat, revert and run away. I think times like these hope is a far fetched word that generally I am blinded to, but I think I have finally learned to trust and thus to hope.

The tough times do not actually bring hope nor does hope flee. On the contrary, hope now becomes that much brighter. Because it is brighter, maybe that is why we become blind for a time. You know, like Saul before he became Paul was going down that road, and then BAM, was blinded by what I am going to now argue as hope (among much more), and it was only after being blind that he could see.

There is hope in blindness too, because the good news is that the Lord will open blind eyes (that promise is all over the Bible).

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What is Nicole up to?

Currently I am in Tulsa Oklahoma whilst my dear friend Linsey New gets married on Saturday. I am hear with fellow Martyrs Beracah, Barnum, Linsey herself, Travis comes tomorrow and Sue Ann on Friday and alumni Heather Dolby (D&G) and Juanito Reyes (H_). What a joyous time this has been. Reunions are such a pleasant time. I encourage you to have many. A good place to start is at the War College - now recruiting for the Conquerors Session 08/09 and the War Cry session 09/10 - apply at www.thewarcollege.com.

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Peace!