Scripture: Proverb 23:18
Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
Thought for the Day: The writer and poet, Oscar Wilde, gives us a perspective so often forgotten. He wrote, “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” The words are powerful, but they feel a bit too idealistic for the person sitting in the gutter. It is in those moments when a simple glance toward the stars can draw us beyond the moment of despair and into the realm of the possible. It’s not some naive or preposterous dream, but a belief that our current existence doesn’t have to be our destiny. Yet without the occasional glimpse toward the stars, our present reality will be our only reality.
Prayer: Draw my glance toward the possible, O Lord, so that hope may encourage my spirit to what is possible with you. Amen.
