Where does our hope come from?

This week I've been thinking a lot about trusting God with the most precious thing in my life: my husband. I was talking to my father in law and he said 'it's a new level of trust, letting DM go.' That has been on my mind so much, I need to trust that God will take care of DM and the rest of us during the deployment. I think trust and hope are intimately tied together and 1 Corinthians 15:19-20 illustrates their tie and the struggle I'm facing. "If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men. But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep." (NIV)If I truly believe that God is in control of everything that happens on this earth and I really trust that Christ was raised from the dead the implications for my struggle to let go of DM and put him in God's hands are great. We share hope in Christ and we firmly believe that he was raised from the dead so he worthy of all our trust and I can DM's life and safety to God and know that he will be cared for and that is the best place for him. I remember what the late Jerry Falwell would tell us about doing God's work, he would say "you're invincible until your work is done." God is in control of all the world so I trust that He will keep DM safe no matter where he is and what he's facing, until he has completed the work God set him on this earth to do. My hope is in Christ.