Mark Jones – In His Dust

We’ve been given 2 weeks notice to get out of Re:Hope – the building.

When I heard the news, I was gutted. My initial response was confusion, and I got pretty ‘low’ about the whole situation. I guess my thoughts were… ‘God, what the heck is going on?’.

BUT… having prayed and thought about it a bunch since I found out, I am confident in God’s plan for his church. We’ve had complete faith in him for the last 2 years, in the knowledge that at any given time we could be given 2 weeks notice to get out – and the time has finally come. As Stephen and I prayed in the back garden of the house we’re staying at in Ohio, I simply prayed for God’s will to be done, knowing that he would use this situation/time to bring glory to himself, to move in mighty ways, to grow Re:hope in spiritual maturity, and to make us more like him.

I have HOPE. I know that by no means this impossible situation be the end of Re:hope – because I’d refuse to give up. God is the God of the impossible, and we’ve watched him move and intervene in Re:Hope since the very beginning. I believe it’s only going to become BIGGER and BETTER.

I have hope in the unknown plan of Almighty God, the One who formed Re:hope, opened it’s doors, and at least with regards to the current situation with the building, is closing them for the time being. We’ll still be there – we’re not giving up that easy!