At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail. Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil, yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth shoots like a plant. But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last and is no more. (Job 14:7-10 NIV)
I’m grateful for the hope of resurrection, which I know because of Jesus. Job lives before Jesus. He has no hope of living after dying. So today I pray for all who think, “At least there is hope for a tree.”
God, give hope to the hopeless, as You give it to me through Jesus...
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