Hope From Your Mama!

~Holly Elaine Wileman~ To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul; in you I trust, O my God. Do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me.  No one whose HOPE is in you will ever be put to shame...  From Psalm 25 King David wrote that Psalm.  King David was a man who rose to very high power against all odds and had many, many enemies.  Was King David perfect? Was he flawless? Did he never offend, never have vain pride, never make bad choices?  He did ALL those things... and many more. The bible makes sure to let us know that. I like that a lot. But King David put his HOPE in the LORD.  As a matter of fact it says that ALL DAY his hope was in the Lord! Psalm 25:5 This story is about betrayal. Now, I know whenever you say "betrayal", instantly the listeners' guard goes up. Is anyone ever REALLY betrayed?  I mean, there are ALWAYS two sides to every story, right?  Right.  There are indeed two sides to every story (sometimes ten!) and betrayal really just m

   Tonight I took my daughter, her best friend and my Great Niece and Nephew to McDonald's to play.  I walked into the Play Place and saw a man working on a computer and thought, "Darn, they have Wi-Fi... I coulda brought my computer and played on facebook a little!"  But I missed that boat.  So, I sat down and watched the kids play. Getting bored, I remembered I had a New Testament in my purse so I pulled it out to read my bible. Reading around in Philippians, my eye caught an underlined verse. "Being confident of this, that he who began the good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus."    I looked up and saw a young lady sitting at a table across from me rubbing her forehead and looking like she was in great pain.  Being a migraine sufferer, I called her attention,  "Miss, miss... are you okay?"   She came over by me which I did not expect.  She began to tell me that she suffered from a viral skin disease called Me