hope

3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead
1 Peter 1:3

today's devotional from Our Daily Bread was encouraging. "If you are in some way damaged by past abuse or feeling defeated by sin,"...sometimes i feel defeated. alot actually, but i know there's hope. and its a life long process, becoming this new creature. "Anticipating what God has in store for us can put a smile in our heart. Hope gives us poise and lets us live with inner strength, because we know that one day we will be dramatically different than we are now". "take heart in what God has in store for you. Live today with the courage God gives you. Make what you can of your afflictions. But rejoice, because all that degrades and limits you is only temporary. It will be gone—some of it sooner rather than later."i feel a little less discouraged today.

in other news, i got my new bible yesterday! very nice. its a study bible and its nice and compact so i can fit it in my backpack easily. its gonna be my markup bible. its so sharp though, its gonna be hard at first. but i hope to put it to alot of use.