tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920734279360907280.post6733433187676438832..comments2023-09-07T04:43:10.746-04:00Comments on Building His Body: Hostage to PromiseAnne Lang Bundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998809463390846323noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920734279360907280.post-5805777479754100232010-09-13T23:03:25.354-04:002010-09-13T23:03:25.354-04:00Denise ~
He is the very best place to hope ... an...Denise ~<br /><br />He is the very best place to hope ... and sometimes takes the longest to fulfill it.Anne Lang Bundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02998809463390846323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920734279360907280.post-71573993546223934072010-09-13T09:52:42.762-04:002010-09-13T09:52:42.762-04:00My hope is totally in Jesus, always and forever.He...My hope is totally in Jesus, always and forever.He is my hope.Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275456448997619944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920734279360907280.post-6788198234902378312010-09-11T22:41:35.845-04:002010-09-11T22:41:35.845-04:00Bridget ~
This was the most challenging and inspi...Bridget ~<br /><br />This was the most challenging and inspiring carnival you've hosted yet. At least for me. Thanks again for your part in it! :DAnne Lang Bundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02998809463390846323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920734279360907280.post-76107233304944297622010-09-11T16:43:18.208-04:002010-09-11T16:43:18.208-04:00So many wise and wonderful words about hope. I am...So many wise and wonderful words about hope. I am blessed to be part of the carnivals and all of your lives. Thanks, Anne.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920734279360907280.post-88897345134774279672010-09-09T12:24:23.522-04:002010-09-09T12:24:23.522-04:00T ~
You go, girl! Keep your hope centered in the ...T ~<br /><br />You go, girl! Keep your hope centered in the right Person, and <br />keep <br />that <br />fire <br />lit!Anne Lang Bundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02998809463390846323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920734279360907280.post-80981681703571033112010-09-09T12:22:10.736-04:002010-09-09T12:22:10.736-04:00Jason ~
It is a good thing to not want to be let ...Jason ~<br /><br />It is a good thing to not <i>want</i> to be let off the hook. I want to be the kind of living sacrifice that really is dead to self, willingly leaping upon the altar and baring my neck for the blade without regard for what the Lord does. I am confident that everything <i>He</i> does is great, and that it will be greater yet if I can keep my will out of it.Anne Lang Bundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02998809463390846323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920734279360907280.post-56696682314639267022010-09-09T12:17:31.687-04:002010-09-09T12:17:31.687-04:00Tammy ~
Thanks for stopping in! I LOVED your pos...Tammy ~ <br /><br />Thanks for stopping in! I LOVED your post. It gave me an entirely new way to see Ezekiel 16 and rainbows and Jesus.<br /><br />If you didn't read it yet, Jason's whole post is another knockout:<br /><a href="http://www.endlessimpact.com/hope-is-wild/" rel="nofollow">Hope Is Wild</a>Anne Lang Bundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02998809463390846323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920734279360907280.post-86013218295771489062010-09-09T12:02:26.353-04:002010-09-09T12:02:26.353-04:00David ~
I understand what the radio commentator i...David ~<br /><br />I understand what the radio commentator is saying. I'm experiencing the opposite problem. I'm taking action, but my heart's not in it, lest my heart become the self-will that's crashed past hopes. (I really am grappling with all of this right now, if you couldn't tell ...)Anne Lang Bundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02998809463390846323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920734279360907280.post-22642198586321281342010-09-09T11:45:39.471-04:002010-09-09T11:45:39.471-04:00I always want to give up, but have way too much ho...I always want to give up, but have way too much hope. I'm glad to live in that kind of world. ;)Tanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518718614911804428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920734279360907280.post-29285036290301314472010-09-09T11:18:16.275-04:002010-09-09T11:18:16.275-04:00Not just the blog carnival, but I've been hear...Not just the blog carnival, but I've been hearing about hope all week from all sorts of places. I'm not just saying this because you mentioned me (which I greatly appreciate- I am honored), but this is one of the best posts I've read this week.<br /><br />I have lived fearlessly at times and like you, been so disappointed. I feel the same way: God won't let me off the hook, but I don't want off the hook either. Yes, I've been disappointed but I've also seen the impossible made possible in Him. There is a hunger to see this over and over, to brave the mess, the frustration, and hurt. I know that I know He is doing great things.jasonShttp://www.endlessimpact.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920734279360907280.post-42089619931337502562010-09-09T11:09:18.726-04:002010-09-09T11:09:18.726-04:00I love this collection of hope! Especially the one...I love this collection of hope! Especially the one in an untamed "wild God".Tammy@Fear Nothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00806100029522492541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920734279360907280.post-88241435140551308642010-09-09T10:43:50.610-04:002010-09-09T10:43:50.610-04:00I heard on the radio today a discussion about hope...I heard on the radio today a discussion about hope. One commentator said that we mistakenly think hope is 'just sitting around, thinking something good is coming our way." But your retelling of Jason's quote gives it much more life. "I will put my wild hope in this untamed God"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920734279360907280.post-13350404236815277012010-09-09T09:58:51.942-04:002010-09-09T09:58:51.942-04:00Kelly ~
Perhaps you're thinking of Hebrews 6...Kelly ~ <br /><br />Perhaps you're thinking of Hebrews 6:19? "This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil ..."<br /><br />The context is our assurance of salvation, and that we are meant to experience blessings associated with eternal salvation in the here and now—and that is the hope which serves as an anchor for our souls in a sea of this world's tempests.<br /><br />The context in Hebrews includes these previous thoughts: "Beloved, we are confident of better things ... things that accompany salvation ... And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end ... that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for <b>refuge</b> to lay hold of the hope set before us."Anne Lang Bundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02998809463390846323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920734279360907280.post-64550505937858958792010-09-09T09:58:37.275-04:002010-09-09T09:58:37.275-04:00Wendy ~
I suppose I'm alluding to two kinds ...Wendy ~ <br /><br />I suppose I'm alluding to two kinds of danger, two kinds of "unsafe" hope. It is true danger to hope in things not at all established in God—things of this world, lies of the devil, desires of the flesh.<br /><br />But the "dangerous" hope which goes beyond what is promised <i>by</i> God, what <i>will</i> be, and hopes in the possibilities of what He <i>might</i> empower, the promise of what <i>can</i> be, is risky because if of its greater potential for self-will and resulting disappointment. "Danger" lies in that kind of hope only because we're inclined (at least I am) to not hold it without engaging our own will in it; we are inclined to cross a fine line between hoping in what might be and presuming it must be.<br /><br />Example: Feeling led to write fiction involves faith in the Holy Spirit's leading and secure hope that "all things work together for good to those who love God." Being published may or may not also be where God is leading. To see the potential for publication (and hope for that possibility) takes risks, such as "publication" going beyond hope and becoming our will, and the presumption that it is also God's will. I'm not good enough, yet, to hold that kind of hope and not slip into such risks. (And this is only one example!)<br /><br />Yet it wouldn't be right to allow awareness of my potential for self-will and presumption to deny that dangerous hope altogether, and close my eyes to working toward God might wish to do.Anne Lang Bundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02998809463390846323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920734279360907280.post-78143594834948947602010-09-09T08:35:06.235-04:002010-09-09T08:35:06.235-04:00Isn't there something in the New Testament tha...Isn't there something in the New Testament that references a hope that is sure?Kelly Sauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138861838948184728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920734279360907280.post-38197348178850644472010-09-09T07:15:22.609-04:002010-09-09T07:15:22.609-04:00"Hope is safe when..." I love that you a..."Hope is safe when..." I love that you allude to the thought that putting your hope in anything but God could be an unsafe hope.<br /><br />Wild thought.<br />~ WendyWendy Paine Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136235074351188350noreply@blogger.com