Romans 15:13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
I heard a story about a man who was imprisoned
during Napoleon's reign. While sulking in his dungeon one day, he etched on the
wall the words "Nobody Cares".
A few weeks later, through a crack in the dungeon
floor, a little green shoot sprang forth, reaching toward the tiny ray of
sunlight that came from his small prison cell window. The prisoner began giving
a portion of his daily water to the little shoot and it began to grow. One
morning the man awoke to a beautiful flower. A tear rolling down his face, he
crossed out the words, "Nobody Cares" and replaced them with
"God Cares."
The story goes on to tell that His devotion to the
flower was reported to the Empress Josephine. She was so very moved that she
convinced Napoleon to set the man free.
How many times do we feel like "Nobody
Cares"? God has planted little shoots of hope in each and every one of our
difficult circumstances -- do you know that? Perhaps we're stepping on them,
not even noticing they exist. Perhaps we're pulling the shoots before they
spring forth into beautiful flowers.
God wants us to be released from our prisons of despair. Look
around! See what God has planted since the beginning of time especially for us
today. Be encouraged!
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