Public diaries with Agatha. #KeepHopeAlive

  Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. Proverbs 13:12 (NIV) When someone says, “I have good news and bad news,” which one do you want to hear first? I usually vote for the bad news, thinking it’s better to get it over with and end on a happier note. You could also make a solid case for starting with the good news so you can have a positive mind-set for whatever follows. In this proverb the hard truth comes first. Hope deferred . . .  Proverbs 13:12 It’s been a difficult season for many people you and I know. Hope is in short supply when job hunts lead nowhere,family break up business failure,etc. Our Lord Jesus understands what “unrelenting disappointment”  feels like. He knows that “not getting what you want” is frustrating and discouraging. He realizes that when hope is “postponed” , “prolonged”, or “put off”, we need something to hang on to. Something bigger than hope. Something deeper than desire. Something immovable. Somethin...

Happy new month beloved and blessed Easter   I’ve been thinking a lot lately about growth. We all grow in so many ways, that we often don’t even acknowledge. You are doing things today, you once thought were impossible, no matter how big or how small. A lot of times we forget to stop and pause and be thankful for our growth. We forget to do the necessary reflection so we can be proud of ourselves for the growth we have experienced. I think a lot of this is due to the fact that we go through our lives looking for instant gratification. We think about our dreams and how amazing they would be if they turned out to be exactly how we want them to be, but when we realize those dreams will take time to accomplish, we get discouraged and disheartened. We don’t congratulate ourselves for even having that idea, and we often don’t feel good about the small win we accomplished. While we might never fully get our instant gratification mindsets to go away, we can be realistic with ourselves abou...