Bearing, Believing, Hoping, and Enduring
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How do you hold up under the weight of hardship? How do you keep the faith and believe? What gives you the hope you need? What enables you to endure difficulties?
We all face heaviness and weighty loads that we have to bear at some point in our lives. We all face challenges to our faith and have doubts in our relationships from time to time. We all need hope in the face of life’s broken hopelessness. Each of us encounter periods of trying and difficult times that require us to endure.
The Apostle Paul wrote, “Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” (1 Corinthians 13:7, ESV).
When we are facing weights to bear, “love bears all things”.
When we are facing doubts that need faith and belief, “love believes all things”.
When we are facing hopelessness that needs hope, “love hopes all things”.
When we are facing troubles, difficulties, and hardships that need to be endured, “love endures all things.”
May we lean in on God’s love in the face of all kinds of circumstances and find that we are able to bear all things, believe all things, hope all things, and endure all things.
A Collect to Await Christ’s Return: “O God our King, by the resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ on the first day of the week, you conquered sin, put death to flight, and gave us the hope of everlasting life: Redeem all our days by this victory; forgive our sins, banish our fears, make us bold to praise you and to do your will; and steel us to wait for the consummation of your kingdom on the last great Day; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer, 2019).
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