“…all hope that we should be saved was then taken away…[Then] Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said…Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.~” Acts 27:20-21,25
The Holy Spirit never paints a picture of hopelessness.” The devil leaves one with hopelessness; the Spirit of God, with hopefulness
The hater of our souls draws a picture of a forest with no way out, leaving us to wander in endless dismay. On the other hand, the Lover of our souls always paints a road out of the dark denseness into the glorious light. All of the Holy Spirit’s murals painted upon the walls of our hearts shows a way out of any and all lifes densities of problems.
God promises His people of old that He will give them “…a door of hope” when they’re in the valley. No wonder the shepherd boy could say, “…though I walk through the valley of the shadow…I will fear no evil: for thou art with me.” A Christian walks through the valley; he doesn’t stay there.
It is said of the late Christian artist, Thomas Kinkade, that all his paintings had light emerging from each. Let us make sure this is true of our lives, and our counseling.