A Hunch And A Hope

Posted by aLv|N (Melbourne, Australia) on 4 March 2008 in People & Portraits.

Maybe all you have is a crazy hunch and a high hope. You have nothing to give. But you are hurting. And all you have to offer him is you hurt.

Maybe that has kept you from coming to God. Oh, you've takent a step or two in his directin. But then you saw the other people around him. They seemed so clean, so neat, so trim and fit in their faith. And when you saw them, they blocked you view of Him. So you stepped back.

If that describes you, note carefully... one person [whom Christ] commended... for having faith. It wasn't a wealthy giver. It wasn't a loyal follower. It wasn't an acclaimed teacher. It was a shame-struck, penniless outcast {a woman who had been bleeding for twelve years] who clutched onto her hunch that he could and her hope that he would.

Which, by the way, isn't a bad definition of faith. A conviction that he can and a hope that he will.

p/s: Day 4 of my holiday series. Kuala Lumpur.