As we finish out this year, I’m thinking about patience and hope. How hard it is to wait when you want resolution now. How easy it is to lose hope when things drag on. But that’s what faith is. Faith is believing that God is still working even when you can’t see it yet. Faith is showing up tomorrow even though yesterday was hard. Faith is hoping for something better and then actually living like you believe it’s coming.
The world needs that kind of faith right now. It needs people who believe healing is possible, who work for justice, who don’t give up when things get hard. It needs you. Your hope, your faith, your willingness to believe that God’s not done with us yet. That’s what makes the difference.
A reflection by Rev. MaryGean Cope