We’re often encountered by the question, Where have you found hope?

Some of us find hope for a better life in a new job or in our educations.  Others of us find some glimmer of hope in our childrens’ eyes or their curiousity that leads them to question so much of what we take for granted.  For others of us it is simply in the care of a friend.

But I wonder if it’s really that we’ve found hope or if Hope has found us.

In my experience it’s been those times when I’m not looking for it, when I least expect it, then a sudden flood of Hope rushes in and captures me.  And in those moments, what may have been overwhelming no longer seems quite so bad.

So where has Hope found you?  And could it be that wherever that was/is, was/is where God found you too?

We at Hope Lutheran Church are discovering those places we’ve been captured by Hope, those places and times in life when we things transformed from hopeless to hopeful.  Together we find we’ve been caught by Hope every day of our lives.

Please join us this Sunday as companions on this journey – pointing out for each other those times and places Hope has found us and how we may live into that Hope in the days to come.  We’ll gather for a time of teaching at 9:00 AM (all ages, including adults) followed by a time of worship at 10:30 AM.

Where has Hope found you?  Perhaps in a worshiping community… perhaps this coming Sunday… we hope you’ll join us.