Where is the HOPE?

Originally posted by Wendy Spoon on Wednesday, November 05, 2008


Where is the HOPE?

In Lindsey's 3rd grade class, they held a mock election. They talked about why they did or did not vote for each candidate. One little boy spoke up and said that he would not vote for Obama because Obama would send all of the Iraqi's to kill us. (Guess he heard that at home!) When Lindsey realized that Obama would win she became fearful and told us about what was said in class. I reminded her that we don't put our hope in people, but in God. She asked about the Iraqi's. I told her that bad things could happen regardless of who is president, but it is God who sustains us. We do not place our hope in the president of a nation, but the Lord of all nations.

Reflecting on the past weeks and election day, a prologue to a Steven Curtis Chapman song, "Heaven in the Real World" comes to mind. The prologue is by Chuck Colson.


 HEAVEN IN THE REAL WORLD

"Where is the hope?  I meet millions who tell me that they feel demoralized by the decay around us.  Where is the hope?  The hope that each of us has is not in who governs us, or what laws are passed, or what great things we do as a nation.  Our hope is in the power of God working through the hearts of people, and that's where our hope is in this country; that's where our hope is in life."  

Chuck Colson, prologue to "Heaven in the Real World," Steven Curtis Chapman

I saw it again today in the face of a little child
Looking through the eyes of fear and uncertainty
It echoed in a cry for freedom across the street and across the miles
Cries from the heart to find the missing part

CHORUS
Where is the hope, where is the peace?
That will make this life complete
For every man, woman, boy, and girl
Looking for heaven in the real world

To stand in the pouring rain and believe the sun will shine again
To know that the grave is not the end
To feel the embrace of grace and cross the line where real life begins
And know in your heart you've found the missing part


CHORUS
There is a hope, there is a peace
That will make this life completeFor every man, woman, boy, and girl
Looking for heaven in the real world
Heaven in the real world


BRIDGE
It happened one night with a tiny baby's birth
God heard creation crying and He sent heaven to earth


CHORUS
He is the hope, He is the peace
That will make this life complete
For every man, woman, boy and girl
Looking for heaven in the real world

Micah 4:5 (New International Version)
5 All the nations may walk
in the name of their gods;
we will walk in the name of the LORD
our God for ever and ever.