" HOPE "

What does Hope mean to me?

First, what does hope mean to you? Is it this hope that is given to you in my Webster's New World Dictionary, which states:

Hope a feeling that what is wanted will happen; Desire accompanied by expectation. ( 2) The object of this. (3) A person or thing on which one may base some hope. To want and expect, to hold on to hope.

Or is your hope like this, in Proverbs chapter 13, verse 12 states: Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

When I think of hope, I also think of the dictionary definition of the word 'hope,' but at the same time, I genuinely believe that my hope is in my Lord Jesus and our Father. The reason for me is to have hope in God, and Jesus means to have trust that what I hope for will be there and will not make my life worse, but will make it better.

So, in saying this I also want to state this in Hebrews, chapter 11 verses 1 and 2 states; What is Faith? It is the confident assurance that what we hope for will happen. It is the evidence of things we cannot yet see.

Isn't it amazing how our faith plays a significant role in our lives, simply with the word' hope'? Can you see this in your own life as well?

Thank you, and God bless you and your family.

Gary Thomas.

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