To hope or to calculate…
Have you ever thought on how hard it is stay hopeful to the very end? Whether to hope for a miracle in impossible odds or to become cold and calculating. Just hoping for something sets you up for a disappointment. You cannot hope in something without putting your heart into it. To root for the underdog. For a hero to walk away after defeating the all-powerful villian…
Or is it better to be cold and calculating… To figure out the probabilty of something before you place your bet. To measure out the strengths and weakness of the situation and to throw your weight with the “winners.” To crush the weak. To build a coalition of the strong and smart. To rise above the rest in cool, calculated moves…
What kind of hope makes a man step out of a boat to try and walk across water?
What kind of cost to calculate when following Christ?
What kind of hope pits a young shepard boy against a seasoned warrior in battle?
What kind of calculations can account for the Holy One?
What does it mean to say to God, “I’m ALL IN” and to put all your chips into His hands each and everyday?
great questions. The answers I suspect will take us the rest of our lives to work out. That’s the joy of the Christian journey.
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hahaha I say calculate before hoping, then take the plunge and don’t look back 😉
Oh Ancient One, i second redrosesrr. :sunglasses: