Listen to Whispers of Hope

Reflection of Hope and Prayer

Scripture Reference Romans 4.13-25

Rough Translations

Hope nonetheless
Hope despite.
Hope regardless.
Hope still.

Hope where we had ceased to hope.
Hope amid what threatens hope.
Hope with those who feed our hope.
Hope beyond what we had hoped.

Hope that draws us past our limits.
Hope that defies expectations.
Hope that questions what we have known.
Hope that makes a way where there is none.

Hope that takes us past our fear.
Hope that calls us into life.
Hope that holds us beyond death.
Hope that blesses those to come.

Jan Richardson  “Rough Translations” appears in my new book Circle of Grace: A Book of Blessings for the Seasons.

Kelly Moreland Jones, M.Ed., M.Div., is a Pastoral Intern with the beautiful community of Glendale
Baptist Church: a caring community of equality and grace in Nashville, TN.  During the work
week she is an Analyst in Administrative Technology at Belmont University.  She and her partner
are parents to the most amazing sons on the planet and one furry four legged daughter.