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by Rev. Fr. V.V. Paulose, Toronto, Canada
"For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope."
(Jeremiah 29:11)
Do you hope for a job, a better future?
Hope is that invisible force that makes all things possible. Hope in the Creator
for he can generate anything from nothing. We hope that we will get a job. The
hope is the positive energy that keep us motivated and enthused while we wait.
And if we don't get the job, it's hope once again that tell us we might have a
better shot next time. We should have the hope and love to meet any challenging
situations and think, "there is always hope, and this will be solved." Because
hope is created in our own hearts and minds, we are in control of it and can
create more of it if we choose to. Archbishop Tutu said: "There is no situation
that is not transformable. There is no person who is hopeless. There is no set
of circumstances that cannot be turned about by ordinary human beings and their
natural capacity for love of the deepest sort."
In their 60s, Thomas and Mary were a blessed God fearing couple who migrated to
Canada to stay with their son and family. Usually the life of retired people in
Canada is one of solitary confinement or something similar to a house arrest.
Their only hope is to look after the grandchildren and be in their company. They
do not have hopes of getting employed, especially in this time of acute
recession and financial crunch. The young, talented and educated lot stand a
better chance to get jobs. Mary, a retired teacher, didn't lose hope to have a
job in Canada. On landing here, she looked around for employment as a teacher.
She had knocked all the doors with vigorous hope in the Lord Jesus - 'He will
give me the Job.' and she got the job of her choice. Now she says, "God is great
and He definitely takes care of the people who trust and hope in Jesus."
"Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are bold" (2 Corinthians 3:12). I want
you to think about the problems in your life and hope in Jesus that He will take
care of them. Then you have nothing to worry about.
Jesus, let all negative soul-eating thoughts be vanished from the minds of worried and negative people. Let the hopes of those who call upon you be fulfilled. Those who are hoping to get a job, be blessed with it. For you, everything is possible. All we ask in the name of Jesus.
Amen.
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