HOPE

     I'm a scrapbooker. In my scrapbooking group are women who have survived breast cancer. My good friend, Laura, is a breast cancer survivor. October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. I had a conversation with a woman at work this last week about hand sanitizer. Another person had mentioned that it destroyed the good with the bad bacteria and this woman was concerned about using it. I told her what I heard a pastor say one time, "The statistics are in, one out of every one person dies. You have a 100% chance of dying." 

     I didn't say that to make light of the suffering of others, but rather as a reality check. Each of us will die, but the important thing is how we live. Do we live to serve ourselves and our singular focus of the world? Or are we living to do God's will, live for a bigger purpose and have the hope of heaven? 

A scrapbook page on display at a conference.
Psalm 62:5 Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him.