On the Giving End of Hope

I don’t like to ask for help. I like handling things on my own, especially if asking for help would be putting me in a place of vulnerability. Yes, I still tend to be prideful in this way and worry too much about what people will think.

Recently, however, I’ve been reminded of the beauty of reaching out and asking for help.

I’ve been on the giving end of help. And hope.

We often think that having a need and having to ask for help shows weakness. In reality, however, asking for help is a sign of incredible strength. It shows humility, authenticity, and trust in God to meet our need. Beautiful.

When we are without hope, we turn our eyes to the only true Hope-giver: Jesus Christ. And we also look to the people in our life who are instruments of God’s hope. If it weren’t for people with us in the hard times, loving and caring for us, and showing us the hope we have in Jesus, where would we be?

I’m so thankful for the people God has put in my path to help me when I’m fallen.

Here’s to those special people in my life. Thank you for being there for me in my hardest times.

And here’s to those special people who have reached out to me for help and hope. Thank you for reminding me that true strength is in reaching out for help!

May God continue to bless us with special friends who laugh & cry with us, speak Truth over our lives, pray for us, and let us borrow their faith when ours is so little.

“More Than You’ll Ever Know” by Watermark

Something brought you to my mind today
I thought about the funny ways you make me laugh
And yet I feel like it's okay to cry with you
Something about just being with you
When I leave I feel like I've been near God
And that's the way it ought to be...

CHORUS:
'Cause you've been more than a friend to me
You fight off my enemies
'Cause you've spoken the Truth over my life
And you'll never know what it means to me
Just to know you've been on your knees for me
Oh, you have blessed my life
More than you'll ever know, yeah, yeah, yeah
More than you'll ever know, yeah, yeah, yeah

You had faith, when I had none
You prayed God would bring me a brand new song
When I didn't think I could find the strength to sing
And all the while I'm hoping that I'll
Do the kind of praying for you that you've done for me
And that's the way it ought to be...

You have carried me
You have taken upon a burden that wasn't your own
And may the blessing return to you
A hundredfold, oh yeah...
A hundredfold, oh yeah...