John the Baptist Beheaded?

The head of John, before the throne

Was delivered on a platter;

To please the crowd that was the guest

It’s all that seemed to matter.

Sometimes in life, we look around

And wonder why things happen;

We ask the question, "Where is God"?

Does He not care about us?

Four hundred years did Israel wait

In a land of toil and sorrow;

The only thing, they had to cling

Was their "hope" for tomorrow.

The answer to life’s vexing cares

We may not comprehend;

But "hope" will bear us o’er the tide

And see us to the end.

Romans 8:18 :For I reckon that

the sufferings of this present time

are not worthy to be compared

with the glory that shall be revealed

in us! (This is our Hope, our assurance