Since we have such a hope...

One morning in Sunday School I was looking up a verse, and I came across 2 Corinthians 3:12. "Since we have such a hope, we are very bold..." I had that verse underlined, because it talks about being bold. However, that day God brought the first part of that verse to my attention.

See, last fall when my Granny died, and then my 13 year old cousin was diagnosed with cancer, again, there was a lot of talk in my family about hope. It wasn't always a hope of my cousin being healed, or my granny getting better. It was a bigger hope than that. It was the hope that God is still God, and one day He is coming to take us away. One of the most powerful moments for me during the beginning of Jake's illness was on a Sunday morning. My family and my grandma went to church, while everyone else stayed at the hospital. We are sitting in church, and I was just so overwhelmed at the thought of everything. Then they started singing this song, and I just sang and cried.

It will be worth it all,When we see Jesus.Life's trials will seem so small.When we see the Lord.

Today I was reminded of that hope. Then I wondered, how does having that hope cause me to live my life differently? I should not live in fear (Phil 1:28), I should be living differently, as should all Christians. This sets us, and the way we should live apart from others, "Since we have such a hope."