{"id":2255,"date":"2018-11-07T22:30:48","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T21:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/?p=2255"},"modified":"2018-11-07T22:30:48","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T21:30:48","slug":"where-can-hope-be-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2018\/11\/07\/where-can-hope-be-found\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Can Hope Be Found?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2257\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2018\/11\/07\/where-can-hope-be-found\/578879_10151056170764270_1748981258_n-copy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2257\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2257\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2257\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/578879_10151056170764270_1748981258_n-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/578879_10151056170764270_1748981258_n-Copy.jpg 960w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/578879_10151056170764270_1748981258_n-Copy-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/578879_10151056170764270_1748981258_n-Copy-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/578879_10151056170764270_1748981258_n-Copy-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A land of beauty scarred by the actions of men.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Remember with me the last three weeks. There are no more words to say &#8211; just images and tears.<\/p>\n<p>A holocaust survivor survives an anti-semetic attack in a synagouge in Pittsburgh, PA.\u00a0 As if survivng once was not enough for a lifetime?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2264\" style=\"width: 1162px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2018\/11\/07\/where-can-hope-be-found\/17880455_10210982771502540_5111802736086068771_o-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2264\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2264\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2264\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/17880455_10210982771502540_5111802736086068771_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1152\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/17880455_10210982771502540_5111802736086068771_o.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/17880455_10210982771502540_5111802736086068771_o-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/17880455_10210982771502540_5111802736086068771_o-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/17880455_10210982771502540_5111802736086068771_o-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/17880455_10210982771502540_5111802736086068771_o-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1152px) 100vw, 1152px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The small and vulnerable are found all around us. May all these images remind us of the Creator in whom we can put our hope.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A missionary who had been in Cameroon for under two weeks is in the wrong place at the wrong time and dies from gunshot wounds to the head.\u00a0 Surviving the horror are his wife and child that were in the vehicle and 7 other children.\u00a0 The lives they were looking forward to living have taken an unexpected detour as they return to the US without their father.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2018\/11\/07\/where-can-hope-be-found\/dscf6099\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2266\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2266\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/DSCF6099.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4320\" height=\"3240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/DSCF6099.jpg 4320w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/DSCF6099-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/DSCF6099-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/DSCF6099-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/DSCF6099-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4320px) 100vw, 4320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>79 (more or less) schoolboys are abducted because they want to learn in a school.\u00a0 Finally, last night they are released but a teacher and the principal of the school are still held.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2018\/11\/07\/where-can-hope-be-found\/15219412_10210608133860181_8468433496846651721_n\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2258\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2258\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/15219412_10210608133860181_8468433496846651721_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/15219412_10210608133860181_8468433496846651721_n.jpg 480w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/15219412_10210608133860181_8468433496846651721_n-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/15219412_10210608133860181_8468433496846651721_n-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A village chief is pulled from his church and executed because he does not actively support &#8220;the right side&#8221; in the current hostilities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2018\/11\/07\/where-can-hope-be-found\/15349821_10209783630644768_2376479123895517313_n\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2261\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2261\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/15349821_10209783630644768_2376479123895517313_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"647\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/15349821_10209783630644768_2376479123895517313_n.jpg 647w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/15349821_10209783630644768_2376479123895517313_n-150x125.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/15349821_10209783630644768_2376479123895517313_n-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The list of the evil that continues to fester and grow is only lengthening.\u00a0 So where can I find hope?\u00a0 Not in our political leaders (neither the ones I agree with or those whom I disagree with.)\u00a0 Not in the basic &#8220;goodness&#8221; of man because recent events show that has long ago been lost.<\/p>\n<p>Instead as I remembered a song earlier last week (before I even knew of two of the evil acts outlined above), I was lead to Psalm 119 vs 49 &#8211; 56. Here the Psalmist reminds us that the only place we can securely put our hope is in the Word of the Lord. In fact the reason we can put our hope here is because of the character of the One in whom I must place my hope.\u00a0 I shared this Psalm during our staff devotions along with the song below.\u00a0 And then within hours we knew of yet another tragedy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2018\/11\/07\/where-can-hope-be-found\/dscf6004\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2265\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2265\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/DSCF6004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4320\" height=\"3240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/DSCF6004.jpg 4320w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/DSCF6004-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/DSCF6004-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/DSCF6004-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/DSCF6004-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4320px) 100vw, 4320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a world filled too often with angry voices and actions, I have choosen to put my hope in the One who hears the cries of His people.\u00a0 It does not mean the cries will cease but they are heard.\u00a0 May we join together with all to find hope.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2018\/11\/07\/where-can-hope-be-found\/15267923_10209783675285884_3414895094698463605_n\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2260\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2260\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/15267923_10209783675285884_3414895094698463605_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/15267923_10209783675285884_3414895094698463605_n.jpg 720w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/15267923_10209783675285884_3414895094698463605_n-113x150.jpg 113w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2018\/11\/15267923_10209783675285884_3414895094698463605_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>I Hope in Your Word<\/h2>\n<p>Remember the word<br \/>\nTo Your servant<br \/>\nUpon which<br \/>\nYou have caused me to hope<br \/>\nThis is my comfort<br \/>\nIn my affliction<br \/>\nFor Your word has<br \/>\nGiven me life<\/p>\n<p>I rise before the dawning<br \/>\nOf the morning<br \/>\nAnd cry for help<br \/>\nI hope in Your word<\/p>\n<hr class=\"margin0-0\" \/>\n<p class=\"margin20-20\"><small>Copyright \u00a9 1994 Integrity&#8217;s Hosanna! Music<br \/>\n<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"margin0-20\">\n<p class=\"margin10-10\"><small><strong>Writers:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weareworship.com\/us\/songs\/song-library\/showsong\/6802\/basicSearch?q=Harlan%20Rogers\">Harlan Rogers<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=2255&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember with me the last three weeks. There are no more words to say &#8211; just images and tears. 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