Be a hope dealer

Anyone who is influential is a dealer in hope. A hope dealer paints the picture for others that can't be seen by their current circumstances. He gives them perspective and courage to move into spaces that are emotionally road blocked by their current fears and doubts. Anyone can be a hope dealer....dispensing baggies of encouragement and trust....infusing the soul of another with the stimulus to go at it one more day. Most people live under the circumstances and confines of their context...inside the box if you will. But the secret to being a hope dealer is that when you venture outside your box, with the intention of giving hope to others, you get so much more courage and hope than you could ever give away. To take from your journey and, thus, from your soul, and give to another person is to reveal that you are a follower of those "...who have been born into a living Hope..." (I Peter 1:3) Be a hope dealer...and live outside your box.