Category: The Collective

Yet To Be #46

It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait

# 12 of 31 Hope and Wait

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This I recall to my mind therefore have I hope.

It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed,

Because his compassions fail not

They are new every morning: great is they faithfulness,

The Lord is my portion, says my should; therefore will I hope in Him.

The Lord is good unto them that wait for him,

to the soul that seeks him.

It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.

Laminations  3 verses 21 to 26 by Jeremiah the weeping prophet of Judah circa 586 BC – consists of 5 poems.  This is taken from the 3rd poem called the Lament of the prophet. 

Yet To Be #45

hope makes us not ashamed

# 11 of 31 Hope and Security

Rest knowing there is always Hope. And Hope makes us not ashamed

“You shall be secure because there is Hope.” Job 11 verse 18

Yet To Be #44

Hope keeps on the lights e

#10 of 31 Hope and Disbelief – Strange Bedfellows

“If I should say I have hope” Ruth 1 verse 12

Hope is an energy that makes the lights stay on.

It thinks of the good, that something wonderful will happen.

Not that it could happen, but it will happen now, at this very moment.

It believes and waits in sweet anticipation for the now.

But when nothing gives way in the now, hope doesn’t wither and fade;

Eyes are set on the horizon, on the new tomorrows, on the future that will come.

Always believing never standing on the bleakness of disbelief,

But knowing with certainty, it will happen. 

The lights will stay on;

The lights will shine bright; brighter still than the noonday sun.

When there is hope, disbelief cannot abide.

Yet To Be #43

A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

#9 of 31 Hope and Doubt Again

But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavers (doubts) is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think he shall receiver any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. James 1 verse 6-8

Doubt is a long and dark path the heart veers onto from time to time.  A path where there is no light for guidance, no light to see the way, a way that will surly end in a void filled with fear, disbelief and despair.

A void so vast it threatens to encompass and to destroy the mighty prospects and wishes only hopefulness can afford.

Yet To Be # 42

when there is no vision hope perishes

# 8 of 31 Hope or Doubt

Doubt creeps in when there is uncertainty. 

When the mind flounders because there is no vision. 

And when there is no vision, hope perishes.

“A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.” James 1 verse 8

Yet To Be # 41

Hope comes softly after a pause

#7 of 31  A Little Hope

“In hope we lift our wishful, longing eyes.”  J. G Deck (1802 – 1884)

Hope is soft

Hope comes softly after a pause.

During a storm,

During a flood.

During the misery of darkness, hold the line with even a little constancy,

knowing that Hope is near and that Hope will come softly.

“But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.” Romans 8 verse 25

Yet To Be #40

when I am weak then am I strong

# 5 of 31 Hope and Darkness

“Only in the darkness can you see the stars.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

“For when I am weak, then am I strong.” 2 Corinthians 12 verse 10

When I am depressed, afraid, cast down, plagued with worry, then I look up and I see Jesus and He gives my strength. He is my Hope, my Refuge and my Light in this dark and evil world.

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