Sunday, January 30, 2011

HOPE



“My hope is built on nothing less, than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.”
Hymn: Edward Mote (lyrics)/ William B. Bradbury (music)
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.  (Hebrews 11:1)
Hope. What a curious word. We use it so liberally and so casually in every day conversation: “I hope she’s okay.” “I hope everything works out for you.” But what does that mean, to HOPE? I don’t know why I never thought of it before, but today I decided to look up the meaning of hope in the dictionary. Here’s what I found: Hope can be both a noun and a verb. It is possible to hope (a verb) for hope (a noun). That’s a lot of hope! In fact, it’s even possible to hope against hope that what we are hoping for, hopefully, happens. I guess that’s the whole point: it’s impossible to have too much hope. Bigger than a wish, better than a possibility, more enduring than a desire, hope is a conviction, a belief, a trusting. It feeds our souls. What’s your hope?



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