My Hope Is In You

May integrity and uprightness protect me, 

because my hope, Lord, is in you.

Psalm 25:21

This is my verse for the week.

Based on all the troubling news 

we've faced lately in our community 

and in our circle of friends, 

I really need it a sense of hope.

My husband called me outside to see

this beautiful rainbow this morning.

It's a double rainbow, 

but only a half rainbow since it has no left side.

Maybe that's a symbol that hope

is not always configured the way we expect.

It's not always readily apparent.

We need God to reveal it to us,

to lead us on the right path.

But it is our choice to seek and follow,

and to love the truth enough to do what is right

even in the storms.

Show me your ways, Lord,

    teach me your paths.
Guide me in your truth and teach me,
    for you are God my Savior,
    and my hope is in you all day long.

Psalm 25:4-5

Grace,

Virginia Knowles