Hope

[12:28:13 AM] : so what would you say to someone who doesn't have the will to live, especially a christian?

[12:28:23 AM] : or like what do you think is the problem?

[12:28:24 AM] little fish: tough question...

[12:28:33 AM] little fish: its like telling someone w/o hope to find hope

[12:28:35 AM] little fish: hope exists

[12:28:48 AM] little fish: when they are at that kind of point in life

[12:28:55 AM] little fish: is when telling them about God or finding a fellowship is the best

[12:28:55 AM] little fish: time

[12:29:17 AM] : what is hope anyways?

[12:29:25 AM] : haha sorry i can stop asking questions

[12:29:25 AM] little fish: haha

[12:29:31 AM] little fish: that all will be well in the future

[12:30:01 AM | Edited 12:30:03 AM] : really?

[12:30:29 AM] little fish: what do you think hope means?

[12:30:44 AM] little fish: it definitely has to do w/ the future, like faith is for the present, and grace is for the past

[12:44:19 AM] : like do you think to hope is to dream?

[12:47:29 AM] little fish: mmm

[12:47:32 AM] little fish: idk

[12:47:41 AM] little fish: dreaming is a very...natural thing

[12:47:42 AM] little fish: like

[12:47:44 AM] little fish: animals dream

[12:47:46 AM] little fish: hahaha

[12:47:52 AM] little fish: natural as in instinctive

[12:47:59 AM] little fish: hope is knowing God exists and is planning our our future

[12:48:18 AM] little fish: and in the every end, when you die and everything, there will be a grand future waiting for you in heaven

[12:48:35 AM] little fish: this is the hope that allows you to take that one step foward in life

[12:48:44 AM] little fish: knowing that you will still be stepping on solid ground

[12:48:53 AM] little fish: that you have a destination

[12:49:06 AM]little fish: do you believe you are heading someplace? an end?

[12:49:26 AM] little fish: like...you dont know what will happen tomorrow, or the next day, or a month or year from now

[12:49:36 AM] little fish: but you know, at the end of it all, you know where you'll be, thats hope

 

"We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently."

I imagine this moment in Jesus’s life to be a very sad moment, the day where he proclaimed he was all people needed to have life, yet many walked away that day because they couldn’t understand what was truly important for themselves. It is very similar to a case if a doctor discovered a miracle medicine, and wanted to treat all his terminal patients with it, but they refuse to take it to save themselves because they didn’t understand and didn’t believe in that medicine or the doctor. All the doctor can do is weep for his patients as they walk away and die a suffering death. That is how I feel when Jesus saw the crowds disperse, people who wanted Jesus to be their superstar and fix all their problems, but missed the entire point of Jesus’s coming. They sought only the solution to their daily problems, such as hunger or political oppression, and did not realize their very soul is at stake. How much Jesus’s heart must have broken for those people, even though he knew they came for the wrong reasons and didn’t understand in their hearts, he still begged them to accept him. It is similar to when Judas was about to betray Jesus. Though he knew it was going to happen and must happen, Jesus was still sad in his heart, and still wanted to fellowship with Judas. Take any human person and put him in Jesus’s shoes. Would they still treat Judas kindly at the table? Or would they pass them over during the breaking of the bread. I am actually curious to the tone Jesus used when addressing his remaining disciples, “are you going to leave me also?” at the end of the day. Was it grudgingly? Or was it because he already knew their answer, and wanted a little bit of comfort and hope so He can finish his mission on Earth? Did God provide the twelve (eleven) as a community for Jesus, as He provided his son with angels in the desert to bring comfort after the Temptation?