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2 Corinthians 5:17 (Finding Hope)

2 Corinthians 5:17

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What can we learn from 2 Corinthians 5:17 about what it means to trust in God?

Finding Hope

2 Corinthians 5:17, sprout photo for Bible reflections part one on hope

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold, the new has come.

2 Corinthians 5:17

Sometimes, circumstances feel overwhelming. We can try to manage everything on our own, but our efforts seem to fall short. If we trust God more, we can learn to see things differently. God has a plan for our lives that might be something we never would have imagined. We don’t need to know the details. We only need to know that it is the very best one. (October 30, 2020)

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CREDITS

The LOGO image of Our Lady of Grace is original artwork by Martin Lariviere in 2009. We have the artist’s permission (my son). It is our exclusive trademark logo image.

Raphael painted The Sistine Madonna circa (1513-1514). We made circular cut-outs from the original image.

Bible verses are from the Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition.

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A beautifully photographed sky by Donald Tong inspired the website’s colour scheme. Cropped portions of it are the background for the footer Bible verse. He shared it as a free download on pexels.com.

A new plant sprouting despite the rocks is a free image shared by freestocks.org and pexels.com. 

For those interested in using the Bible image, we are sharing it as a free, public-domain image.  To download the full size, we linked it here: Cathopic is an online source for free Catholic images.  Once you create an account with them, you can use their photos as part of a free trial (no credit needed).  There are only a few restrictions, outlined in their Terms of Use.

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IN REVIEW
What is 2 Corinthians 5:7?

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold, the new has come.

What does it mean to trust in God?

Circumstances can feel overwhelming sometimes.  When we make an effort to trust God and not try to solve everything on our own, we can start to look at things differently.  God has a plan for our lives that might be something we never would have imagined.  We don’t need to know what it is.  All we need to know is that it is the very best one.

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