Hello and welcome to RADICALIZED HOPE. My name is Robbie Armstrong. I’m sure you’re wondering why I would create a forum around HOPE. First, I believe the world is devoid of hope. Look around you. Hate and bigotry, arguing and tearing people down, bullying, strife and deceit are EVERYWHERE. Even if you don’t know me, you’ll soon learn that my life has been blessed and I have achieved and experienced MANY great things. However, almost two years ago, “life” happened and the fairytale bubble I had been living in for so long burst in a violent way. Every facet of my life exploded almost simultaneously. For the first time in my life, I found myself incapable of “willing my way through it”. I lost myself in the process and the person I once was no longer existed. One evening, someone whose friendship I value, said to me “God didn’t bring you this far to leave you.” I thought about that through a sleepless night. The next day, I woke up in more ways than one. That day, I began my journey back to the place of HOPE and STRENGTH I had forgotten. As I have shared different aspects of this journey with others, I have been told many times, “Robbie, you have to share this with others.” After much soul searching, I made the difficult decision to do just that. The reason I say “difficult” is because, in so doing, I must expose myself and my vulnerabilities openly, honestly and completely and then share the insights I am learning to REDISCOVER, REKINDLE and REESTABLISH my HOPE again also. If I can help anyone see that in our moments of brokenness, we still have the capacity to THRIVE and show others the same thing, then I have achieved my life’s greatest accomplishment. My destiny. We are given certain circumstances in this life because we are strong enough to handle them and, by doing so in a positive way, we have shared HOPE with others. See how this works?
As I put this website together, my hands are shaking and my mind is racing. I have always kept my personal life very private and in silos. So, this feels as though I am standing in a downtown display window, at the corner of two busy streets, naked, with magnifying glass windows while your pastor walks buy. Yes, like that.