I thank God everyday that we have been able to return to some kind of normality in the past weeks and days. As I mentioned in the last newsletter, having the students return to school is so uplifting for our spirits. Hearing the recent news that Melbourne is slowly seeing the easing of restrictions has also added to the hope to which we have been clinging.

Hope. So many aspects of our lives are driven by hope. This has been clearly evident during the trying times recently. At times the messages we received contained little hope, with nothing to look forward to to help us keep going. Without hope, things seemed very bleak.

Current psychological research speaks of the importance that having hope brings to mental health. Now that mental health and wellbeing have become the number one item on people’s agendas, people are searching for hope wherever they can find it.

As Christians, we know that we do not need to search for hope, as our hope comes from God. Hope is one of our school values. It has been carefully chosen because Christian hope goes further and deeper than what people generally understand. Hope enables us to look forward with expectation and confidence, placing our trust and faith in God’s provision of what we need in order to handle all kinds of situations and events that occur.

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.

Romans 15:13