The Message of Hope
Growing up in a Christian family has meant that I don’t remember being told the Gospel for the first time. It’s something I’ve just grown up always knowing. But doing Morgan’s exercise at Chapel last week was such a great opportunity to think about how my understanding of the gospel has developed. At its core, the gospel to me has always been the message of Hope. Knowing that I was created by a God who loves me encourages and motivates how I live my life. The hope that the more I learn about who God is, and let that grow and shape me, the more I will become the person I was created to be.
I am fearfully and wonderfully made by a God who loves
a God who created the entire cosmos out of love
a God who gifted a world of wonder and beauty out of love
a God who gives endlessly and tirelessly out of love
a God who made the ultimate sacrifice out of love
a God who forgives continually out of love
a God who equips, restores, and provides out of love
a God who is steadfast and unwavering out of love
a God who is present, now and always, out of love
because of God’s love for me, I can be more
I will look for light in the darkness because God loves me
I will trust even when I don’t understand because God loves me
I will seek to love others because God loves me
I will care for plight of our environment because God loves me
I will fight for issues of injustice because God loves me
I will speak out against evil because God loves me
I will search for truth and understanding because God loves me
I will share this message of hope because God loves me.
Anna Schroeder
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