Hope in Jesus
Author: Pastor Claude Thomas
A four year old boy was at the doctor for a check up. As the doctor looked down his ears with the instrument he uses, he asked, “Do you think I will find Big Bird in here?” The boy was silent. Next, the doctor took a tongue depressor and looked down his throat. He asked, “Do you think I will find the Cookie Monster down there?” Again, the boy said nothing.
Then, the doctor placed a stethoscope to his chest and said, “Do you think I will hear Barney in your heart?” The boy looked up and said, “Oh, No. Jesus is in my heart. Barney is on my underwear”.
That’s it! Jesus is in my heart regardless. He will never abandon me regardless of how I feel or what the circumstances are! That is what He said and I believe Him. That’s faith. And faith in Him gives me hope regardless of the circumstances.
When Fanny Crosby was six years old she was blinded by an instance of medical malpractice. She lived more than 90 years, and she was no stranger to hardship. During her life she wrote more than 8000 hymns.
One of them says…
All the Way my Savior leads me; What have I to ask beside
Can I doubt His tender mercy, Who through life has been my Guide?
Heavenly peace, divinest comfort, Here by faith in Him to swell!
For I know what’re befall me, Jesus doeth all things well
For I know what’re befall me, Jesus doeth all things well.