When would you give up hope?
Ever been to a restaurant and tried to figure out when to ask the waiter what's happened with your dinner? You know that it's been a long time, and you haven't exactly been paying attention, but you know it's well past how long it should have taken. Do you give up and go elsewhere? Or do you stay, hopeful that your hope will pay off and you'll eventually be served?
I have the same debate at the doctor's office. They take you back and put you in an exam room, and then they leave you. Sometimes, it seems like everyone then goes out to lunch, where their waiter takes forever. How long until you go looking for someone, giving up hope that anyone remembers you're in that room?
It's hard to know how long to hold on to hope. How long is hope rational? When's the right time to give up hope, to move on?
The women went to the tomb. Thankfully, they weren't like the men who were hiding away, worried about saving their own skin. The women had a mission to complete. There were obstacles in the way, but they went, faithfully, knowing there was a stone at the tomb, uncertain of the solution, but hopeful that God would make a way, as God has been doing for thousands of years.
May we hold onto hope in God, for hope placed in God never disappoints.
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