"Moving From Problem to Hope!"

Below is an excerpt from Marianne Williamson's Everyday Grace:  Having Hope, Finding Forgiveness, and Making Miracles

"Our problems in this world can surely be huge, but they are never as huge as God. The issue is never how bad things are, but how good God is. Hope lies in having more faith in the power of God to heal us than in the power of anything to hurt or destroy us.  

In realizing that as children of God we are bigger than our problems, we have the power at last to confront them. For all manifestations of fear is a reflection of the fact that humanity has forgotten its spiritual identity.  In beginning to remember it, we put fear on notice that its days are numbered.

Where the ego analyzes a problem, the spirit accepts that there is an ultimate answer that is the Answer to every problem. And that is why we place what we hope for in the hands of God. Our hope is that He will illuminate our hearts – that we will become the people He would have us be – for in the presence of an awakened spirit, all problems fall away.

We are the children of a loving God for whom nothing is impossible. As we remember that, we become as powerful as we are meant to be.  We are not meant to cower before the darkness of the world; let it cower before us. Every problem is merely another opportunity to use the miraculous powers we've been given."

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According to Marianne Williamson, problems aren’t our issue (“for in the presence of an awakened spirit, all problems fall away”); our problem is we are asleep. When we are awakened to and led by the power of God, problems no longer have control over us.

Our challenge is to have an undeterred hope in a loving God for whom nothing is impossible.

My prayer for each of us is: in every circumstance we allow our hope in God to become greater than our perceived problem. 

As we put this into practice let's share with others instances when we shifted from problem to hope and what was different. Looking forward to hearing how hope in our loving God changes our circumstances.

Inspired By Love,

Marcus J. Singleton
Lead Pastor
Living Faith Community

Hoover, AL

Our Vision: "A diverse community of faith; inspired by the love of Jesus, committed to becoming and making disciples".