Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all.
A burdensome heaviness has weighed on me for months. It slowed my pace and sapped my energy all the while never getting the nerve to show up in my consciousness where I could look at it through the filter of faith. I hardly realized it was there…until it left me.
I’ve been having a few health issues and had a few tests done. All of the tests have come back with a good result. Yesterday afternoon I noticed how light I felt. How deep my breaths came. Relief sweet and joyous.
I hear the tune of hope today. But anyone with good news hears that tune.
What if my tests had come back with different results? In the midst of bad, life-changing news, would I still hear hope’s song?
I pray that I would but I tell you honestly I don’t know.
What I do know is that when the news is bad, when the test results aren’t good, when the chaos of fear drowns out hope’s-song…I need friends to stand beside me and pray.
Pray for the noise to quiet.
Pray for Hope’s song to be strong in me.
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Like you, I know of so many hurting people. I have a list and intentionally ask God to meet their needs and to open their ears to hear that tune without the words in their soul.
Do you need prayer today?
Do you need hope?
If you want to… take a moment to share your need in the comments or email me. ([email protected])
It would be such an honor to pray for you my precious friends…
~Robin
I needed to hear this today, Sweet Friend!! Thank you so much for sharing and encouraging… ((HUGS))
Oh this made me tear up! Your news is wonderful but so true that it could have gone the other way! My mother died 8 years ago of lung cancer. We had no idea and only 1 day with her it was tragic and so sudden. Now her good friend is going through the same thing. Although I was not a fan of hers my heart hurts for her pain and her sons. I have put aside my negative feelings for her and pray that her pain will be taken away soon. There isn’t much hope that she will recover but I pray for strength for her sons to carry on without her
and that the noise quiets for them. I am nervous about the funeral and bringing back such memories but I know my mom needs me to be there.
Megan
I just want to let you know that I so enjoy reading these personal posts. I rejoice in the work that God is doing in your life and that you speak so openly about it. We don’t praise Him and speak of His good works, or ask for prayer in times of trouble as often as we should. Thank you for being a faithful servant.
Not knowing what the issues were (and not needing to) I can simply say, “Glad you got good results.” I think hope is there but sometimes dimmed by circumstances. For the Christ-follower, although dimmed, there is always the idea that there is more than this life. I have to rest my hope in that sometimes.
I’m so happy that you got good news. I can imagine what a relief that must be for you. Have a lovely weekend.
Glad about your results. I have read & continue to re-read a lot of Eckhart Tolle. His basic philosophy (if you don’t already know) is about training ourselves to live in the NOW, living in the present moment. The past is done and we can’t really control the future, even though we like to think we can. Those feelings of being free, of burdens being lifted, are the feelings of living in the present moment. It’s an amazing feeling.
CAS
Hope springs eternal in the human breast;
Man never Is, but always To be blest:
The soul, uneasy and confined from home,
Rests and expatiates in a life to come.
Alexander Pope ~
An Essay on Man, Epistle one, 1733
I do. I will e-mail you. Thank you so much for opening your heart, showing your honesty and making us all feel better just knowing you. God is working through you, I am convinced./ I think HE had a big hand in this blog. I long for your faith. XOXO
I am so bad…for got to say I am SOOOOO glad your tests came back good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Glad your test results came back good. I know what you meant when you said you hardly knew the heaviness was there until it left. I appreciate your honesty about not knowing how you would react to bad news. I don’t know how I would either.
It’s just what I needed to hear this morning, Robin! It’s like God speaking through you to me. So glad that your test results came back good! Hugs my friend!
Praise God and shame on you for not letting me pray for you when the tune of hope was muffled. I love your heart and know God does too. Keep sharing your journey with us and allowing us to see how our relationships with God are tested through trials and the beauty and hope in prayer. Of course, I am kidding about you asking for prayers as you know you are getting them without asking. Praising God for your good news!!
Isn’t it amazing that “hope” was restored to you, BEFORE you needed it? Isn’t that a huge gift? I am so glad you shared that with us and PRAISE GOD your tests were normal!
Robin, my dear friend. You prayed me through my cancer crisis last year, and your prayers and friendship mean so much to me. I pray for you and your family every night during my quiet time with the Lord. I’m so glad that you received good news! I can tell you that hope is sometimes a struggle after receiving not so good news, especially when it’s something out of our control, but there is always hope in the Lord.
Let me know how I can pray for you.
Jean
Yes Robin, thanks for your openness. My little word for this year is ‘hope’, so this really speaks to me.
I do have a niece (Crystal) who just lost her husband to cancer and needs Hope, I also have a cousin(Buddy) who just lost his wife to cancer and praise God he has great hope, but the family needs comfort, finally, Id love prayer for some physical things going on with me…respiratory, skin, and gi.
Thanks so much!
Madge
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess; for he who promised is faithful.
Heb. 10:23
More beautiful words. It has been an emotional day and your words lift me up!
Thanks and hugs!
Ann
So glad to hear your results were good. Thank you for such an honest post….like I told you in a past e-mail, you sure make me think!
Jeannette
Robin,
Thankful that your tests came back with good results. I know that feeling well too.
I do want to share though, that when the results come back with not so good news, He is still there, reteaching me how to sing — and listen. Although my news wasn’t cancer, it wasn’t the best of news. However, HE gave me so much indescribable joy — just as He promised. I think He just changed my tune. I’m so happy, truly, to be singing it with Him and to Him.
~Cindy
So happy to hear test results were all good. Another nice post which is making me think
Jeannette
glad to hear oif your results everyone needs people to be there in our lives esp. when we are dealing with a crisis. great post thanks rose
I am glad you are well. Please put my father in law in your prayers. He just got diagnosed with colon cancer and we found out it has already spread to the lymph nodes. He needs all the help kind hearted people like yourself can muster