Draped around the morning sky is a light shawl of gray, hanging in the air after a late night rain.  The sun's effects generate a quiet glow between patches of faint clouds .  Other than the damp pavement below it's difficult to discern whether the rain has just passed or is about to fall. We sometimes feel like this in our lives. Having faced some trials, we await the sun of opportunity and hope. We see a glimmer of it and become cautiously optimistic, but wonder, even worry about what is next. Is this challenge over or is there more ahead.  We long to dance in the freedom of joyful expectancy, but our minds quell this hope, in the shadows of recent rain.

Despite feelings, hope is always available, offers a lens that multiplies itself, and if we take its view long enough, will never disappoint.

What do you need to renew your hope for today?

What would happen if you shifted to a perspective of hopefulness in a challenging area?