Hope...(and remembering Ron)

We at WBC as well as many worldwide are deeply mourning with his family,

 the sudden passing on Saturday Oct. 5, 

of our beloved teacher, counselor, pastor and friend, 

Ron Seabrooke.

(above link is to the last message with us a WBC)

Hope is the holiness through which we grieve.

Hope is the word that came up again and again as we remember Ron.

His life was driven by The Living Hope that he shed with his last breath as faith became sight!

To all of us then on this side of Heaven...

 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, 

for He who promised is faithful.

Heb.10:23

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!

 In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope 

through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1 Pet.1:3

Hope takes the trembling heart and hand

To draw us from despair

And makes the way twixt God and man

Thus possible to bear

It hones the hunger for the goal

With holy appetite

And fills the gap twixt God and soul

With faith intent on sight

It drives us to our knees with groans

Then lifts us up at length

And to the depth of grief intones

A supernatural strength

It consoles us beneath trust’s rod

Its comforts, cheers and heals

And tunes the time twixt man and God

With purpose-driven peals

Hope fosters faith and leads us on

Through deepest, darkest vales

Hope anchors us in sorrow’s storm

With love that never fails

© Janet Martin