Waller Spot

Raise your hand if you know what a hog waller is. Growing up, the family clothes line was right next to the hog’s favorite place ... their muddy-stinky place to waller. Romans 15:13 says, “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”  What does it mean to “abound” in hope?  In the Greek, to abound is to overflow or to be beyond measure.  While the hogs were stinkin' up the place, they were having big fun!  The mud nor the odor seemed to bother them – they didn’t appear to have a care in the world.  Think about all those little things that send keep us in life’s irritation-zone; then imagine actually living above and beyond them.  Christ came to give us joy and peace and in abundance, and it is by the power of the Holy Spirit we have and hope in Christ Jesus.  We’re not talking an scanty bit but rather an abundant amount of Hope.  My mind envisions more than enough to waller in ... without the smell!  Find your waller spot in Christ ... rest in Him and enjoy Him forever!