December 2021

Hope Love Joy
Three small words.
Three words, simple yet often illusive.
What do they mean to me?

Hope springs eternal.
Without hope, all is lost.
With hope, we can overcome all.
But what if hope feels like a distant memory
or forgotten dream?

Love conquers all.
Love is what we all yearn for.
The best love involves a two-way relationship.
But what if our love for others and self has
fallen dormant and others' love for us seems
lost?

Joy is why God created us.
Joy is the fruit we earn through doing good.
Joy is more profound and longer lasting than
happiness.
But what if we have never felt true joy, or if
the joy we once felt seems buried beneath a
mountain of sorrow?

Hope is not as distant as we think.
For, in a distant and humble stable, Hope was
born.
The Hope He provides can be ever with us.

True Love, too, was born that night.
Eternal Love.
A Love that shows us how to love others and
self, and in turn, be loved.

With Hope and Love came Joy.
A Joy that overcomes all sorrow.
A Joy that can be ours forever as we seek Him
then seek to share that Joy.

Hope Love Joy
Three small words?
Perhaps, when counting letters, only.
For in these words is the most profound gift
ever given - a baby in a stable in Bethlehem.
The Baby who would be and is the King of
Kings and Lord of Lords.
Our Hope, Our Love, Our Joy.