Home Of Hope

Last evening we were honored to speak to clients at the Teen Challenge HOME OF HOPE in Casa Grande.

As Becky unloaded the trailer I looked at the sign and thought, “That’s what every home should be about.”

Every home should be a home of hope.

Hope isn’t a wish, like “I hope I win the lottery.” That’s luck or chance, not hope.

Hope is a confident expectation about the future based on faith.

Nobody can predict future circumstances. Hope isn’t about knowing what’s going to happen, or even wanting to know.

Hope is about believing promises will be kept. It’s knowing you can count on people, and God, to do what they say they’ll do—every time.

You can learn and grow and take risks in that kind of environment, because there’s a solid foundation on which to stand.

The women to whom we spoke last evening are experiencing a place of hope, some for the first time in their lives. They’re learning what it’s like to count on people and know they’ll come through.

It’s a great picture of how Jesus shows up dressed as ordinary people.

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A short Thursday ride south of Casa Grande brought our total to 458 miles. I’ll let you speculate about the context of this encounter with “Officer Q.”