Hope

I recently saw a video for the Obama campaign where people were wearing shirts the word Hope printed on the front. In light of Obama's recent election as President, I know there are a lot of people who are concerned about the future of our country. There are a lot of problems in our country right now, and whereas I will not make my political platform, I believe that God gave me a little nugget to ponder on as I was reading this afternoon. 

In St. Augustine's Handbook on Faith, Hope, and Love he writes, "...hope deals with good things, and only with those which lie in the future, and which pertain to the man who cherishes the hope...Faith and hope have this in common: they refer to what is not seen, whether this unseen is believed in or hoped for." For some reason, that section resonated with me as I thought/think about the future for our country. We don't know what lies ahead for any of us, but we can hope for a brighter tomorrow and do our part as Americans to make our country a better place; regardless of who is leading it. as Jesus says in Matthew 6:26-27, "Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?" 

Let's hope for a brighter tomorrow and as St. Augustine said, "...we patiently wait for it."