For many days neither sun nor stars appeared, and the severe storm kept raging.

Finally all hope was fading that we would be saved.

Acts 27:20 CSB

Paul is on a ship caught in a massive storm.

It's been going on so long, they are getting so battered, 

demoralised,

stuck in a storm that seemed to have no end.

For many days there were no sun or stars. The guidance you would get from the sun and stars, the orientation, the direction, could not be seen.

Stuck

Disoriented

Lost

Hope less 

Ever been in that place?

They tried all the usual things to lighten the ship but it didn't fix their problem.

The world had gone dark.

It's understandable why someone would lose hope when life is like this. 

While this story does not end here for the 276 people on this ship, Paul held hope for them.

When it seems hopeless, when all hope is lost, we need someone who can hold hope for us.

Maybe you're that person in someone else's life, holding hope when it seems gone.

When the orientation of sun and stars can't be seen will you be the one who says that there is hope.

That our God did make a way. That your past is forgiven, that you don't have to go back there, that your future is secure & nothing can separate you from God's love, and that today is not the way it should be, I don't know how long the storm will last, but I'm going to stick with you in it. 

I'm holding hope for you.

Be that person.

#thisislove

#lovewitoutmeasure