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Hopeless and Helpless

Jennifred Jones

Hope and help.

We may feel hopeless, but we are not helpless. We may feel helpless, but we are not hopeless.

Hope will bring us help, and help will give us hope.

There will always be a pathway of hope with a glimmer of light no matter how dark it seems.

We were made creatures of hope…to believe and hope for something better, to long for better times, to think of how to improve our situations.

This is the crux of personal freedom. We may improve our lives, families, jobs, homes and communities. No one can hold us back from thinking how to and planning a better future. It is the desire in each of us.

We have civil laws and regulations to help keep things in check so our thoughts and plans don’t infringe on others’ lives harmfully, but even they can be modified if need be. Our free world was designed to cause people to want to invent, grow, prosper, improve, help, enlarge, enrich, expand. There is nothing wrong with these things! We would still be in the dark, literally, if free minds were not allowed to think, help and design!

Do not despise your own thoughts because you think they don’t measure up to another’s, or to what you think others will think of them. The help you need in your situation begins with your hopeful thinking.

So what if your idea is ‘only’ to make a better dog food…planned by you to keep beloved pets strong and healthy! That’s a wonderful, caring idea people would love! Who cares that it costs more to buy? Good food means less vet bills for the pet parent.

You like working with clay but don’t think you’re good enough or your finished item is crooked. Do you want to know how many crooked, cast-off pieces of pottery are in my home? I love to collect those cast-a-ways and have them all over – inside and outside 🙂

As you read this today, begin to take hope and look for help if you need it. Move forward and things will begin to fall into place.

Light

Jennifred Jones

What is the purpose of light?

  • Light cleanses.
  • Light purifies.
  • Light kills germs.
  • Light helps you see.
  • Light shows the way.
  • Light exposes wrong.
  • Light reveals mistakes.
  • Light reveals shadows.
  • Light provides warmth.
  • Light makes things grow.
  • Light makes you feel good.
  • Light reveals what is good and right.

Good Friday

Jennifred Jones

All over the globe Good Friday is observed. Why?

Easter-time is the most exciting time of year for me. We’ve been talking about Life and Green Pastures and that leads right into Easter-time and newness and hope and new beginnings… new growth, regrowth, color, light, happy sounds in nature. Everything on earth wants to celebrate!

Many of us have had dark winter days too many days in a row, too many months in a row, too many years in a row. We need a fresh spring, a fresh start, a second chance at life. If we allow it, there is hope for us and hope for anyone, no matter what their past winter days have held for them. The snow will melt, the ice will turn into streams of clear living water which will cause a freshness, a restart to us… if we let it.

Everybody is searching for solutions, direction, help in these times of trouble. Even a brown field will sprout fresh seedlings, a dark tree branch will grow buds and flower itself all over! Baby birds will hatch on the coldest days in their warm nest.

The key to the sprout, the key to the bud, the key to the hatching is the same source of power that will give us a fresh start, a new beginning, another chance, a clean slate, and there will be no strings attached! No penance or works needed on our part, no special outfit, hat or shoes needed for this Easter service. You can think about it this weekend. What would my life look like, feel like, be like if I decided to have a new beginning?

That’s why God sent Jesus. He did all the work for us. All we need to do is say, “God help me. I need you.” and see what happens.

It’s going to be a good Friday and a good weekend!