God is eternal good. God is light. God is love. God hates darkness. God hates evil. God grieves for what is bad. God rejoices for what is good.
And since God has always existed… And since God was the same from the very beginning… He has since grieved for all who will ever be lost and has rejoiced for all who will ever be found.
He is present at all times. He is there in our past, He is with us now, and He will always be where we are.
He loves at all times. Love that gives whatever is good. Love that wills for life to exist. Love that gives us dignity and freedom.
Love is beautiful and the mystery of love is something we could never fully grasp for all eternity.
Why love must give room for suffering and why love must shine in times when it is darkest. Why love must fall so it can rise anew. Why love must be patient. Why love must enter times of danger in order to show its courage.
We can never fully understand, though we can somehow see.
How love warms us and gives meaning to our lives as only love ever can. As only God can.
And so even if we do not understand, we trust. Even if we struggle, we hold on. Even if we are at the point of breaking… we believe.
The thing about hope is that it’s a positive force that shines the most when it’s dark. When everything’s going well, we hardly notice it’s there. But when things go against us, when our dreams fade and when we see no immediate reprieve from our troubles, that’s when hope does its best work for us.
"Where Hope Can Be Found"