We love this place. Friday Harbor, Washington. Yes, it is stunningly beautiful, it is also the best opportunity you will have to see Orca’s, in the wild, from land. Each year people visit the harbor with the hope that they will see one or two Orcas from the pods that call this part of Puget Sound home.
On this recent trip I commented to Cheryl, “This place is even more beautiful then I remember.” (We were last in Friday Harbor 4 years ago).
I loved her response.
“Part of what makes Friday Harbor so beautiful is that they are offering hope.”
She’s right. We actually met a family who saw their hope become a reality when a baby orca swam up to their boat. It was an amazing video. It’s also the closest our family came to an orca.
Obviously, any earthly hope pales in comparison to the hope offered to us by Jesus. This is the hope Paul wrote about to the church in Thessalonica:
“We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.” I Thessalonians 1:3
Hope is a beautiful thing.
It can give courage to the afraid.
It can give peace to the anxious.
It can give a voice to the marginalized.
It can give joy to the depressed.
Hope is beautiful.
Don’t ever lose it!
Don’t ever stop offering it to others!
Encourage, Challenge, and Equip 