There are times when we celebrate (like the picture above, at the wedding of my niece). Then, there are times we grieve (like the pic👇 at my brother’s grave).

My mom has experienced both the grief of a child going to heaven before her and the glory of celebrating at the wedding of her granddaughter, 23 years apart.

Without Christ, we would be hopeless but with Christ Jesus our Lord we have been born again to a living hope.

It’s described as imperishable, undefiled and unfading (because our inheritance is kept in heaven) and we are being guarded through faith until we see the salvation of our souls.

A faith that is being tested -as to whether or not it is genuine-for the praise, glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

If our Savior experienced suffering and then glory, if the prophets who longed to look into what we see in the Scriptures and those who have preached this good news have done so faithfully under great duress for our glory, how much more should we persevere in the grievous trials we experience.

It may be for a future generation as well- our grandchildren!

Being born again to a living hope means that we also can go through our griefs as those who are secure in our eternal inheritance. -Teresa #filledwithglory #inexpressiblejoy #Heisrisenindeed

I Peter 1:3-12 ESV

Born Again to a Living Hope

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, ⁴ to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,⁵ who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. ⁶ In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, ⁷ so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. ⁸ Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, ⁹ obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

¹⁰ Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, ¹¹ inquiring what person or time^[a] the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. ¹² It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.Read full chapter

Footnotes

1. 1 Peter 1:11 Or what time or circumstances