DAILY DOSE OF HOPE – BLOG – NAIMA LETT
THERE’S HOPE!

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What a week.
Ever had one where you got to the end and was like, “Whew! Made it!”?

Midway, I had a heart-to-heart with myself. (Yes, I talk to myself. Don’t you?)
I sounded like the psalmist:
Psalm 42:5
5 Why, my soul, are you downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.

I was literally saying to myself, “Come on, soul, Hope!”

Hope is a beautiful thing.
It’s defined as “the feeling that events will turn out for the best”.
That’s what I needed. Hope.

Got hope?!

I have several projects on the grind, and this week it felt like just that – a grind! Wanted more YESes. Got some WAITs. But hope, particularly hope in God, assured me that I could keep believing that things will turn out for the best.

Need hope?

Lean in for a second. Let me chat with your soul:

“Why you heavy? Had a rough week? I get it. But guess what? We can still hope in God. We can still believe that things will turn out for the best. There’s hope!”

There’s hope.
Know how I know?

Because in the midst of the valley, there were peaks. There was so much I could be grateful for this week, if I dared focus on the good instead of the not-so-good. Want to try it? Let’s make a list. I’ll go first:

Youngest brother celebrated a birthday. Happy Happy.
Husband aced more certifieds. Congrats Love.
Dad received excellent news. Woohoo!
Ministry’s board made things happen. Got a great board.
Several inspiring artists connected and I helped them create their road maps. Excited!
Another wonderful magazine interviewed me. Thank you.
Prepping for upcoming speaking engagements, film shoot, book release, tour.
Got life.
Health.
Home.
Clothes.
Food.
Fam.
Faith.
Love.
Purpose.
Doing exactly what I’m born to do.

Everything may not be exactly as desired, but there’s a whole lot that’s exquisite.
And there’s hope. Things will turn out for the best.

Even if they don’t go down the way we want them to, things will turn out for our best because we have a Heavenly Father who loves and knows what’s best for us. Maybe some of the things we’re asking for are not His best. Perhaps He has better, if we can just be patient. Maybe His timing is better. He is God, after all.

Be encouraged, Fam.
Get hope!

This weekend, I pray a prayer for you from the Apostle Paul, “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13

May you overflow with hope!
Things will turn out for the best,
Naima
CoFounder, Hope in the Hills, a bible fellowship

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