September 5, 2018

“But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love” 1 Corinthians 13:13. Faith is grounded in the past, hope anticipates the future, but love transcends past and future as a present reality. We might say that love is located at the intersection of faith and hope. But, these streets of faith and hope have another interesting connection. “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1  Hope is the GOAL, whereas faith is the PATHWAY to the goal. Hope is the destination, whereas faith locks its sights on that destination - never veering from it. Love springs from both the legacy of faith and the prospect of hope. Faith and hope that are real are evidenced by love.

Faith points us to the unseen reality of hope. It visualizes it so clearly that it instills confidence and optimism. It literally rescues us from the hopeless negativism of a broken and dysfunctional world. Our perspective becomes jaded, cynical, and pessimistic without faith pointing us to real hope. As someone has said, true hope is the difference between a hopeless end, and an endless hope."

- from the upcoming book, "Hope for Uncertain Times"

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