And Now These Things Remain: Hope

 

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace

as you trust in Him, so that you may

overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:13 

If there is one thing the pandemic has taught me, it is that hope is a gift from God, not something that we conjure up by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.  If we base our hope in life on our health, that can quickly be taken away from us.  If we base our hope on this earth, it is deteriorating beneath our feet even as we speak. Hope comes from God alone, and Paul states that we can “overflow with hope” through the power of the Spirit. 

And hope does not disappoint us,

because God has poured out His love into our hearts

by the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.

Romans 5:5 

My Hope is Built on Nothing Less

1863  Edward Mote/William Bradbury