Helpless or Hopeless

There was a hymn sing at the church I occasionally go to this morning. It was a lot of fun, since I love singing so much. One of the lines that stuck in my mind is that God calls to the helpless and hopeless.

I spend most of my days with people who are considered by the world to be helpless. They can't always care for themselves and can't always verbalize what they are trying to say. Some of them can't walk and some can barely move. What they give to society cannot be measured on dollar signs and is not seen by most people. They will never make a top 100 most successful list, but what they give to those around them cannot measured. Its worth cannot be named because its worth is so far beyond monetarial value. There are days when I feel they are so much more aware that God cares for them. The love they are given they reflect. They love those around them, which is incredible. They have more hope than the people who don't have the same limitations they are under.

While many of us are not helpless, we are more hopeless than we think we are. Hope is a precious commodity that is in scarce supply. The option of being hopeful tends to lead to disappointment. We hope for so many things that haven't come true (such as world peace) that we have ceased to hope. We are the hopeless that are loved. We don't see ourselves as helpless, but we are more than willing to belong to the hopeless, even if we don't realize it.

Regardless of whether we are helpless or hopeless, we are loved and we are cared for.