Speaker: Deacon Sherine Leake
Podcast Summary:
The lyrics to this song are primarily the story of great expectations. The hope God so freely provides when we trust him in the process. It’s a message of encouragement.
While Mary was carrying the Messiah, there was no way she would have known the full spectrum of what was to come. As anyone would, she would have had questions. Having a baby without ever having been with a man. Carrying a baby unmarried and promised to a man of faith brings about questions beyond the ordinary. But their faith in God allowed them to trust God in the process, the plans God not only had for them but for all.
As a first time mother or in any one of a
Mother’s pregnancies, we have questions.
Some are simple but others questions are more complicated, especially in a crisis. So much you don’t know a new mom and so much we don’t know in the parenting process. Even if you think you’ve dotted all the i’s and crossed all the t’s the bottom of your plans can fall out. Then what?
God has a plan beyond our expectations. Sometimes and more often than not, unexplainable plans. When we think it’s about us, it’s always about Him! How he weaves his plan and we witness his glory we learn to have unexplainable hope in life.
As believers in The Lord Jesus Christ, our hope isn’t tied to our expectations finally being met in our way and our timing. Our hope isn’t tied to whether or not a circumstance or another person changes but our hope is tied to the unchanging promise of God. We hope for the good we know God will ultimately bring whether the good turns out to match our desires or not.
While the challenge of motherhood in this world has changed from generation to generation, God is still the same for me as he was for my mother, her mother, and the mothers ahead of me.
Trust God. Even when you don’t see it. Even when you don’t feel it. He has a plan.
Pray. Store the hope of God in your heart - as in Romans 15:13
To live your best life, you must Keep Hope Alive!
