Hope

Last night I took time to read a bit of Isaiah and part of Matthew. God showed me that I need to take the truth that I understand and use it to multiply. Sometimes I get so lost in all that I do not understand that I forget to take what I do know and stand firm in it. This morning I read What it Takes to Struggle with Something Hard. At the bottom of the devotional is  Romans 8:22-25, "We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently." (NIV) The passage stood out to me because of what I read in Isaiah last night. It reminded me that although I may not be at the point I want to be at right now that I can get there. I needed to realize that how I feel at the present time doesn't effect how God feels about me. Lastly, as I was scrolling through facebook I noticed this verse someone posted, "He is the Healer of the brokenhearted. He is the One who bandages their wounds." Psalm 147:3