“For Job to have 10 more kids...that would have taken a really long time...it would take a long time for that restoration to happen….Not only did He have to be patient during his suffering, he also had to be patient when he was waiting for restoration...” -Ben Courson sermon When Good People Happen to Bad Things.
Hope by Satsuki Ichikawa for Spark & Echo Arts
Photographer Satsuki Ichikawa created a series of photos representing hope as she responds to the Tohoku tsunami of 2011.
“The first photo represents the feelings of these people – feelings of sorrow, anger and tension. I think it is important to express such struggle and emotions. In the second image the storm has subsided and hope is beginning to be found. In the third image I wanted to express the promise of God that there is no hope that the ends in disappointment. The Sky is a canvas – when we view the sky it seems to comfort us, and it can speak into our minds. People who have lost everything can receive a light of hope.”
“We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.” Romans 8:22-23