2020: The Year of Clear Vision, A Year of Hope

As the new year rolls out and we settle into our resolutions or resolve not to have resolutions, I am finding the word 'hope' just about everywhere. First, the theme of the Rose Parade was hope and the meditations on just about every prayer app are focusing on hope. Hope is that thing that gets you up in the morning. Keeps you on the job, in the relationship and committed to the goal. 

Therefore, I propose that what we all need most in the new year is hope. We require optimism and faith in order to move forward in our lives. However, being optimistic may be easier said than done. For example, the writer of Proverbs wrote, "Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life", (Proverbs 13:12). Therefore, having an anchor of expectation is integral to obtain forward movement, progress, and to thrive.

Sometimes we just need to talk ourselves into hope. I have found that there is no better way to do that than by reading the Word of God. Meditate on these verses of hope. 
Psalm 33:22, Psalm 39:7, Lamentations 3:24, Psalm 130:5 (Courtesy JM Ministries)

H Have
O Optimistic
P Perspectives in
E Everything 

Happy New Year!