A little Longer...

We wait and anticipate...we ruminate and run down the checks 'n balances...

We look ahead in fascination of what we know not, only...something...something more, a promise kept, a word spoken, a corner turned...and voila!

A new beginning if we ony wait, a little longer...

There it is, there! Do you see it? Just ahead, around that bend in the road, an elevation for hinds feet in high places, above and beyond the norm, the ordinary, the mediocre...Hope.

Hope plants feet then moves them...hope waters the seed of an idea, a hint of promise...

Hope is a perennial, ever blooming, ever changing...with a soar of the wings we are up-lited, held high above the circumstances surrounding us...

You see my friends? With even the smallest of hopeful seeds a light will ever guide us on to bigger and better things...will take our hand and help us climb from the pit of despair and confusion...will cast truth in the ring and let the cards fall where they may; it fuels courage, it promotes strength and hands out wisdom to the needy heart, the desperate soul, the outcast mind.

A little longer...just a little...a step in either direction sends ripples out, and out, and out...creating windows of opportunity, gifting moments of bravery and fortitude in the face of unalienable hate and misfortunate malignancies.

Lost ones...hope lives within you. Foster it, water it, care for it, and nurture it...it will never let you drown, never. Courage...you are worth it...always made for more, for better and greater love, the real kind that treasures and encourages, extends kindnesses and grace.

The days fly by and time waits for no woman or man...let us live, truly live dear hearts with the time we have been given, for it is truly a gift.

May God keep you safe...may you know the shelter of a Creator who loves you wholly and completely.