Dear Friend,
Thank you for being a Bette's Box of Blessings customer and for trusting us to provide you with Christian products that help you to grow your faith and share your faith. Our aim is to fill every Bette’s Box of Blessings with items that not only help you grow and share your faith, but also make great gifts. And a beautiful gift containing God’s Word is a great way to share your faith.
“Hope” is an interesting word. We often use the word “hope” more as a wish than as a positive statement. Such as, “I hope it doesn’t rain tomorrow!” Yet the dictionary defines hope as “an optimistic state of mind and a feeling of trust that a desired event or positive outcome will happen.” The true optimist would say, “My hope is in the sun shining tomorrow!”
As Christians, we are quick to say, “My hope is in the Lord.” And then in the next breath we are worrying about tomorrow, and “hoping” something does or doesn’t happen. And yet we are all familiar with Matthew 6:34, which tells us that tomorrow will worry about itself.
Our God is the God of hope, and the source of all hope. And when we believe and trust in Him, He fills us with joy and peace. That’s just what our theme verse for this month’s Box of Blessings tells us:
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 (NIV)
Through the power of the Holy Spirit we can overflow with hope, a positive hope that can only come from the Lord. And this month’s Box of Blessings is full of items that point people to the God of hope.
P.S. Sandy from Wells, NY (which, believe it or not, is right next to Hope, NY!)writes, “Thank you for the beautiful Box of Blessings. I will be using those gifts as Christmas presents this year. So grateful for your Blessings! "Thank you for the encouraging note, Sandy! And what a great idea to get a head start on Christmas shopping with Bette’s Box of Blessings!
