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======House, Car, Boat and Love? ...======
Monday, Nov 7, 2011. We are talking about hopes currently. Last week we have
started to think about what we hope for. I have given two or three examples.
It is a good step to clarify what our hopes are, usually. But we do not want
to stay stuck with our life ... that leads us to God's hopes!
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**Typical Dreams: money and love ...**
Typical dreams and hopes are as follows: I want to have a lot of money! We
have all these shows and films: "I want to be a millionaire." It is one of
the strongest hopes of humans to have plenty of ressources available. To have
plenty of space to live, plenty of food, plenty of money.
Often, money is much more than just a tool to get things done. It is a tool
for us to gain appreciation. The mechanism in our mind believes that we will
be accepted and appreciated as soon as we have plenty of money, as soon as
we are rich. We hope for priviledged treatment. We hope for a VIP life. All this
seems to be linked to money - and thus we hope for it, we dream about it.
There are further typical dreams. We dream of beauty. We dream of a beautiful
partner. We dream of sex. We dream of nice romantic evenings. We dream of something
special, together with someone who is dedicated to us. It is a nice dream which
is mirrowed in many thousands of films: a girl and a young man finding each
other, spending time with each other, finding love ...
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**God's Hopes ...**
God also has hopes. He has hopes for our life. He has hopes for us. What does
God hope?
We can read about God's hopes in the New Testament. He hopes for us to find
justice. He hopes for us to find trust and faith. He hopes that we can find true
life. He hopes that we can live in a way which is good, really good, truly good.
He hopes that we can live forever!
God hopes, that we find him and he finds us. He wants to be with us. He wants
to live with and in us. He is searching for community with us, true community. It
is not God's first goal, to give us money or partners, but to be our partner
himself and to provide everything we need on a day-by-day basis. He wants to
love us, with all his might and with all he has. God hopes for us
falling in deep love with him ...
(Roland Potthast)
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