Hope

I decided that I wanted to study hope next because that's one of the first line of the bible dictionary for faith says: "Faith is to hope for things which are not seen, but which are true and must be centered in Jesus Christ...." Hope is another important word to understand so I can understand faith. Hope is not in the bible dictionary so I looked hope up on the Latter-day Saints website. In the True to the Faith booklet it stated that: "Hope is the confident expectation of and longing for the promised blessings of righteousness. The scriptures often speak of hope as anticipation of eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ." This caught me off guard. Hope in the "world" sense that I think of is (thanks, dictionary.com): to feel that something desired may happen. It's the word may that would throw me. May is something that throws a maybe into a situation. I'm glad that I found this new way of looking at hope.

Ok so I'm really struggling with this. With how to put words to my thoughts and how to fully understand hope. I know this will be a work in progress and I'll get it step by step.

One other statement on hope that I liked was "hope is sure, unwavering, and active." (True to the Faith) Hope isn't something that you just say and that's it. Hope is something that is solid, there, and moving! It's something to rely on! Back to the first statement added to this statement, listen to these strong words used to describe/define hope: confident, longing, promised, blessings, righteousness, eternal life (oh I need to have a post on this!), sure, unwavering and active! I'd take any of those words over maybe.

Hope has taken a whole new definition for me. It's not something that MIGHT happen, it's something to look forward to. I can't wait to learn more about hope and share it with you.