God's Wild Hope

Whew...I have been wanting to blog about this for the last couple of weeks. From one great book to another....I am currently reading perhaps one of the most influential books I have ever read, besides the Bible of course. Winning Him Without Words is about focusing and preparing myself as a wife. Cultivating and nuturing my own relationship with God in order to be equipped to consistently live a Christ-centered life. What word do you think this book is full of??? Hope. Not just hope but God's wild hope. I LOVE this new concept of hope. I can not possibly summarize this idea so here is just one of many paragraphs I have highlighted in this book:

With God we can soar above the murky waters of hopelessness. With God we can rise above our own limited ability, and we can trust completely in a God bigger and stronger than anything we are dealing with...with God we can have wild hope-the kind that perseveres even when someone asks you, "How can you be so sure?" I know my God. I believe my God. I hope in my God. He can do anything. We can choose to believe this completely. When we keep our eyes focused on God and place the burden of proof, so to speak, on Him, we are free to walk in a hope that is not of this world. It's God's wild hope.

Although this book has touched so many places in my heart and I have been able to relate to sooo many things, no book is greater than God's word. I am grateful when writers lead me back to the real truth. The following verses will definitely be placed upon index cards:

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.

Hebrews 11:1 

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13