Category: moving forward

Yet To Be # 39

The evidence of things not seen.

# 5 of 31 Hope and Faith

“Even in the inevitable moments when all seems hopeless, men know that without hope they cannot really live and in agonizing desperation they cry for the bread of hope.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

Waiting with baited anticipation, we believe and we trust in something good. 

The surety of hope is the firm foundation on which faith stands.

Without faith we cannot believe and without believing there is no hope. 

“Now Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11 verse 1

Yet To Be #38

walk by faith not by sight

#4 of 31 Hope is not Luck

Luck is an unpredictable force outside of our control that is governed by chance.

Hope anticipates the good and wishes for the best and is driven by faith, not chance. 

Luck is interchangeable between the positive and the negative, whereas Hope is constantly positive.

“We walk by faith, not by sight and we are confident…” 2 Corinthians 5 verse 7 and 8a

Yet To Be #37

faithful companion of Confidence

The Need For Hope

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The need for hope lights a fire within our soul;

A burning desire that transports us from one moment to the next with the confidence of knowing our goal, our prize, our reward is closer still.

While hoping, we can never expire like that of Lot’s wife caught between the wish and longing.

No, for with hope we are always compelled to press onward, never looking back, always moving forward to a better place from whence we came.

In hope, our steps are made sure and safe;

Our hearts are made fat with strength and purpose so to withstand the fickleness of the mind.

Because Hope, the faithful companion of Confidence, can never fail;

Is never lonely;

Can never be contrite.

And never gives into despair.

“but we glory in tribulations also; knowing that tribulation works patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope; and hope makes not ashamed.” Romans 5 verses 3 and 4

Yet To Be #36

#2 of 31 Hope Defined

Dictionary definition states, hope is to cherish a desire with anticipation : to want something to happen or be true. (Merriam-Webster)

Having hope is to be expectant, to have confidence and certainty.

It is the light at the end of a long and dark tunnel.

Despair has no power to grow or even to exist, when hope shines eternal.

“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death neither sorrow, nor shall there be any more pain; for the former things are passed away” Revelation 21 verse 4

Yet To Be #35

for I know the thoughts I think toward you…

#1 of 31 Hope

Alexander Pope’s An Essay on Man (1732) brings things into perspective regarding hope when he wrote, “hope springs eternal in the human breast; man never is, but always to be blest. ” We live for hope in this strange and changing world. Hope is part of our unique psychological make up entwined around our hearts, we cannot miss the fact that it was also the last being left within the box.

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.” Jeremiah 29 verse 11

Yet To Be #34

Enjoy your labours it is a gift from God.

#6 Time Waits for No One

Procrastination is a virus;

A killer of production, of dreams;

Whose burrs stretch long and deep.

Latching onto thoughts to gain purchase and worth.

That evil twin of sloth, the last of the seven, lies within;

A consuming truth of life, only existing in time because of life, can never die.

“Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep; so shall your poverty come as one that travels; and your want as an armed man.” Proverbs 24 verse 33 and 34

Seize the day because time waits on no one. Enjoy your labours, it is a gift from God. – Ecclesiastes  

Yet To Be #33

forgetting those things which are behind

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#5 Holding onto Time

Can something that is fleeting be captured?

Knowing that thing, that something, will eventually come to an end?

Holding steadfast to precious memories is Resolute

Creating new memories is Special;

A Gift,

A Treasure,

An Everlasting Fulfillment.

Carpe Diem (pluck the day or seize the day) is the Absolute

“forgetting those things which are behind,

(some good, some bad or some ugly, these cannot be changed)

and reaching for those things which are before.” Philippians 3 verse 13

Yet To Be #32

Take this moment to breathe.

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#4 Running out of Time

Time runs out for us all.

Young or old, sick or healthy, rich or poor, none of us can cheat the brevity of time;

“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.”   Ecclesiastes 3 verse 1

But while it is still day;

While there is still life and while the day breaks into a new dawn, we must work before the night falls and the shadows lengthen.

Take this moment to breathe.

“And you shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29 verse 13.

Yet To Be # 31

redeeming the time because the days are evil.

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#3 Redeeming Time

Life has a beginning and a ending because of Time.

What happens between dawn and dusk makes all the difference. 

Yesterday cannot be changed;

Tomorrow rides on the wings of hope, because there are no promises;

And Today is now, the moment that gives birth to compensation,

When disappointments can be transformed into appointments.

“Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” Ephesians 5 verse 16

“Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.” Colossians 4 verse 5

Yet To Be #30

the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

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#2 Time Into Eternity

When time passes into eternity,

And the mortal becomes the immortal, then time is over. 

There is no ending, no pain, no fear, no dying and no forgiveness;

Only the reward of life’s choices and the realization that eternity has no clock.

“In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened and the doors shall be shut in the streets when the sound of the grinding is low…then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.”  Proverbs 12 verse 3, 4 and 7