Where is your hope?

Recently at my church we had this gathering that goes on once a year called Holy Convocation. It's basically a gathering of believers who spend 27 hours seeking God and spending time in His presence. AKA my favorite time of year. It's definitely fun to just sit back, turn my phone off and worry about one thing for a moment, spending time with Daddy. 

This year, I was able to stay for a few hours one of the days and just spent time reading Psalms. I was reading the ones that straight up praise the Lord. They're so great! One that I read that Jesus just pointed out to me and really made me think, pray and dwell on was Psalm 147:11.

The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear Him, in those whose hope is in His steadfast love. 

Wow. 

As I read this all I could think of was Jesus standing before me asking me "Where is your hope, Selina?" 

I think so often in this fast paced life it's all too easy to just say "Oh, absolutely. My hope is in the God." without giving it a second thought. But once you give it that second thought, is your first answer accurate? For me I guess this is one imperfection that Jesus has brought to the surface that needs to be helped. Majorly. 

For me, I have realized that my hope can so easily be placed in my job when I think about where my next phone bill or car is going to come from, my schooling when I want to know what my future will look like, my parents when I need help, my friends when I am lonely and the scariest place I find myself putting my hope is in myself. 

I hate to admit it but really when it comes down to it I have to check myself when I think about my hope. 

My hope should be ALWAYS in the steadfast love of God. It's not a half-way kinda thing. I feel like putting only SOME hope in God is almost as good as putting none at all. (This has been a rude awakening for me) 

Jesus wants to have all of my hope, He wants to have all of yours too. 

I don't believe for a second that He wants your hope to test it or get your hopes up only to be let down. I think that is exactly why He takes pleasure in those who put their hope in His love, because if it is in ANYTHING else... It will most certainly be let down. 

A lesson I have learned many times. 

I love that Jesus cares about us so much that He makes promises that nobody else can. It's so cool and so humbling. 

So, here's to putting all of my hope in His steadfast love. Something that doesn't happen overnight but it's not expected overnight (another sweeeeet thing about Jesus) because love is patient. It's all about the journey. Living the journey with Jesus may be incredibly tough, humbling, and hard sometimes but there's no way I would rather do it. ☺️

P.s Valentines day is coming up and it's one of my favorite holidays! I love love! And red.. So in honor of Valentines day here's a wonderful card. Lololololol. 

P.s.s I don't care about how you feel about the president. It's flippin hilarious.