Our HOPE is found in Christ!

Hey Everyone I hope you all are doing well on this beautiful Monday evening! Let me first start off by telling you "thank you" I am so thankful that my blog has reached as many people as it has! I hope my writing is inspiring and uplifting!
So this blog update is going to be about the HOPE that we find in Christ Jesus our Lord! So Lutheran church of Hope all campuses including West Des Moines, Johnston-Grimes, Des Moines and Ankeny have walked thru a 31 week series based on The Story. We just wrapped up the last chapter and I can see that we as a church have grown not just biblically fluent as a church but we have ALL grown in some way shape or form in our faith! Its been a lot of fun growing together!
Let me ask you this question what is faith to you? Just think about that for a second. Let me ask you another question...whats the first thing that comes to your mind when you see the word faith? Now let me ask you another question. What comes to mind when you think of fear? For me this is what comes to my mind for fear:
False
Evidence
Appearing
Real
Now for Faith this is what comes to my mind:
Full
Assurance
In
The
Heart!
Now for HOPE I have a five minute video that I would like to share with you! I watched this and man even I was moved by it! I know its five minutes but I am glad I watched it! It was uplifting and I hope this moves your heart just as it has mine! Here it is:
Hope in Christ alone!
So what did you think? Gods hope is for you! This world is full of sin and pain and sorrow and terror but God says "I am making ALL things new!" So to wrap up this blog I want to end with a song! Starry Night Chris August
Blessings to you all on this beautiful and starry night! If you would like to leave a comment feel free to do that!

Mighty Mariah

Lord you give us HOPE when we have none!

Come to our RESCUE Jesus!

Hey everyone! I hope you all have had a great Monday! It was rainy and cold here in Central Iowa today. This blog post is going to talk about how sometimes in life we wonder where God is when tragedy or bad things happen in this world.
Let me start off by saying there was a tragedy today in Boston. There was a bombing! Today there was a running marathon in Boston and there was two bomb explosions that went off! The number of people injured or killed right now is unknown! It breaks my heart to know that this has happened!
This world is full of SIN! In hard times like this we cling to THE WAY,THE TRUTH and THE LIFE! Jesus came to this earth to die for us! In difficult times I believe that through those hard times it brings us closer to God! I know that right then and there it doesn't seem like it! God is ALWAYS with us! We are NEVER alone! He will never say "Go figure out on your own" He guides us through his Word! Maybe some of you are asking yourselves "Why does He seem so distant?" Well I read quote that really struck me here it is: When you're going through hard times and you wondering where is God, just remember; the teacher is always quiet during a test." That quote really spoke to me because I relate it to a bible verse. It comes from 1 Kings 19:11-13 here it is: Go out and stand before me on the mountain,"the Lord told him. And as Elijah stood there, the Lord passed by, and a mighty windstorm hit the mountain. It was a terrible blast (now think about the blast that happened in boston) that the rocks were torn loose, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. And after the earthquake there was a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire there was the sound of a GENTLE whisper. When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave.
Now in tragic incidents we put out faith in God and trust that He knows what he's doing. Now your probable thinking "why" Why would I put faith in something I can't even see? Well for me the bible is a great source of wisdom and comfort! I trust that God has a plan for my life! We can't control what will happen in the next 2 seconds or tomorrow or a week from now or a month or even a year! Thats in Gods hands not ours!
Alright now I am going to show you some pictures of the tragedy in Boston

Workers helping victims of the bombing in Boston

Helping those in need!

This man lost his legs in the bombing today.

To wrap up this blog I want to end with a song and I post songs because they speak to me and I hope they do to you too. The song that I am going to post is called Rescue by Desperation band!

Rescue By Desperation Band

We need Jesus to come to our rescue and He will! We need faith in the one who created us! I speak for myself as well there are times when I struggle with this as well! WE all do. We all need a rescuer and that rescuer is Jesus! Amen?

Blessings to you all

Mighty <3 Mariah