Today is Pentacost (Sunday will be for all you in the US of A, too). I am realizing how narrow the American church is. The best thing about living in another country is expanded world view. I never knew that there was a Pentacost holiday. The Catholic church has designated (like it has most holidays) today as the anniversary of that unparalled event when the Holy Spirit came upon the early Christians and empowered them to speak in the tongues of men, and proclaim the Gospel to those gathered, in their own language. It was cool celebrating the day when the Catholic (as in Universal) Church began, the church to which all believer’s are members.
Today a Swedish translator spoke in the English lotu (church/church service) about Hope. Since the Swedish say the last thing they lose is Hope, it was ironic that in working on his translation of the Bible, he was having trouble finding the word for Hope. After much time and little success, one of his national helpers got a word from God. I will not try to reproduce that word (I can’t pronounce or spell it) but it means “that which causes us to look up and see that which is invisible”. This translator shouted, “Hallelujah!” because he knew that this was the word he was looking for.
Hope is that which causes us to look up and see that which is invisble. True Hope is from PapaGod and causes us to look up to Him, and to Jesus, the image of the Invisible God. When we hope and trust God, we are looking to Him to make and keep all things right; and though we cannot see His hand, we know it is there, guiding and working. What better thing can we profess than that we have Hope?
“Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” – Hebrews 11:1
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