Hope
Today’s message was written by my friend, Chaplain Bob Griffiths.
I’m blessed to be working with people who are trying to get their lives back together. Yes, some of them have an addiction problem, but most of them do not. They’ve lost jobs or housing, their family has broken up, and some have just gotten out of prison.
After listening to their stories, I pray for them, and they are grateful—and more hopeful. They know that I, and God, are there to call on if needed, and that none of us in this facility looks down on them but treats them as equals. And they get a feeling of that most necessary of human emotions: HOPE! What would any of us do without it? So, my wish for them, as it is for all of us, is beautifully stated by Paul in his Epistle to the Romans, Chapter 15, verse 13: “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace through your faith in Him until, by the power of the Holy Spirit, you overflow with hope!”
Daily Message Author: Bob Griffiths
Bob is the former Chaplain at the Pines of Sarasota, southwest Florida’s oldest and largest not-for-profit senior care facility. Prior to joining the staff in 2010, Bob worked in hospice chaplaincy for seven years. He is the past Spiritual Life Director at St. Boniface Episcopal Church, Sarasota and is an Associate of the Order of the Holy Cross, an Episcopal Benedictine religious order.
