HOPE

"Hope arises out of the hard truth of how things are. Christians will always live carrying in one hand the promises of how it will be and in the other hand the hard reality of how it is. To deny either is to hold only half the truth of the gospel."
Craig Barnes

Every time I think about the reality of our President-Elect I get teary eyed. Whatever your political affiliation, its exciting/moving/mind-boggling that we Americans have lived up to the promise of America. That black children today will grow with the knowledge that they really can be President of the United States.

I'm studying Eschatology in school today. Eschatology generally means the study of end times. The essay I'm reading by Martha L Moore-Keish states well how I'm feeling about my faith and America today. "The eschatological character of the Christian faith means that we have hope in the power of God over all that would hurt or destroy. We have confidence in God's ultimate purposes and goals for the restoration of creation... Eschatology is not about idle speculation about who will be "left behind" at the rapture; it is about our hope in God. Furthermore, Christian eschatology affirms not only that we have hope that God will triumph over evil in some future time, but also that we participate already in that future."

I like that. We are participating in our future. "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character," said the prophet. His dream has in large part come true for America.


We are participating in our future. Amen.