“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
“I hope you remember to wear your snow pants.”
“I hope that treatment will work for her.”
“I hope we can enroll our children here.”
“I hope I get the part of Juliet.”
“I hope tomorrow will be a snow day.”
I’ve been noticing the word hope being used more frequently in my circles Most often when we use that word, it
shares a desired outcome or wish but doesn’t communicate confidence in a certain outcome at the same time.
A biblically grounded concept of hope runs deeper than a strong wish.
God's Word assures us that our hope is a
sure thing. Jesus has already won, and we are renewed creations! This world belongs to God, in its entirety
and we are assured that there is nothing we can do and nowhere we can go that we can escape the love of
God. (Romans 8) What else do we need to know?
Christian schools, like ours, are places where that kind of hope is the anchor. Our Christian school teachers
don’t see a group of students to manage for the day or even year, they also see future mechanics, engineers,
mothers/fathers, social workers, electricians, politicians, web designers and accountants. They see them all
with a grand vision implanted of hope for a world that is entangled with sin, but redeemed by Christ. Woven into
the fabric of how the board of directors and administration sustains this school is confident hope that God will provide for
our parents, and as result bless our school with all its needs. Our children are free to embrace a certain hope in
learning in these things: that this is God’s world, that Christ is enough, that they belong, and that they have a
purpose in God’s kingdom.
We know the future will be great, because Christ is already there!
Please pray for the board, administration, staff and parents as we balance our faithful work and a hope filled
trust in getting the 2019/20 school year organized.
SJ
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