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 Look around today, what do you see? Turn on the news, what is on? Death, Murder, Robbery, Rape, Fire, Lost Homes, Destruction... it's all bad. Drug dealers are in the streets, condoms are in the schools, and homosexual marriage is in the church. Where is the Hope? What are we to look forward to? Where is the Hope?

I have seen children eagerly flipping through hymnals to sing along. I have seen teens raising money for children in Africa. I have seen churches take families under their wing when that family struggles financially. For there, young Christian, is our Hope.  God will work through us to further his kingdom. God is the God of the gentle breeze, but we must remember that the same God of that gentle breeze is also the Lord of the rough and tumble. He is a powerful God. Steven Curtis Chapman sings that "Jesus is the King of the Jungle!" And when you remember that he is the King of the Jungle, you realize that the drugs will fall aside. Guns will fall aside. Murder will fall aside. Jealousy will fall aside. And we will be left with the goodness, the joy, the happiness, and the perfection of our Lord. Jesus is coming and that is our Hope. Our Hope is in the power of Jesus. That's where our Hope is in this country, and that's where our Hope is in life!  By Tom Weil

Amen!