Tag: hope

Yet To Be #57

The intimacies of His character are ofttimes lost within our psyche.

#24 of 31 Give me a blessing…

It will come. Hope is not now, but it is for the future.

“Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water.  And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether (lower) springs.” Joshua 15 verse 19


When our hope is fueled by faith we are drawn to ask with all boldness.

Then, why is there hesitation?  

Because of unbelief?

Do we measure Him by our own strength?

Do we understand or even truly know Him?

Or surely, we know only of Him.

The intimacies of His character are ofttimes lost within our psyche.

We reach out in our learning to understand how the Creator called the things that are not into being. 

How He hung the stars in the heavens and divided the land from the seas.

And how this same God could entreat us to ask of Him, but not just so;

But to ask with purpose, strength of faith and to stagger not with unbelief;

Believing in hope against hope, else if we ask doubting or ask amiss, we may receive nothing.

If only we ask.   

(references Romans 4 verses 17 and 18, James 4 verse 3)

Yet To Be # 56

Christ is our true hope.

#23 of 31 What if…

Hope rocks some serious acquaintance.
Photo St. Vincent, WI by Dale F

What if it doesn’t happen?

What if time passes where days turn into weeks, week into months and months into years, and still there is nothing.

What then?

Does hope die?

Does faith fade?

Has it all been for nought? In vain, as we look up and see nothing?

Hope has no limits. 

There is no ending to hoping, only a beginning and a forever. 

Christ is our true hope.

He is the alpha and the omega; the first and the last. 

In him we have redemption, salvation and life.

He came to give life and to give it abundantly.

There are no limits.  

“O fear the Lord, you saints; for there is no want to them that fear Him.”  Psalm 34 verse 9

Yet To Be #53

there is no stepping backwards, always moving ahead…

#19 of 31 It Will Come part 2

Hope is not now, but it is for the future.

If we have what we want, we do not have hope.

We do not need to have expectations, anticipation or to even look for hope because it is here.

When we look to the future with the eyes of hope, we look with optimism for the brightest and the best.

There is no stepping backwards, always moving ahead to the next stop with a full heart.

A heart that does not condemn, a soul that is right and a mind that is excited, because we know it will come.

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

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

Yet To Be #52

with patience wait for it.

# 18 of 31 Hope, in Other Words…

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

Hope rocks some serious acquaintance with other words such as:

anticipation,

expectation

confidence,

trust,

look for

wish

aim

hankering

desire

To name a few. All positive and connected.

Yet To Be # 51

without faith it is impossible to please God

#17 of 31 Why Hope?

“People need to have faith because they need hope.”

The need for hope is a soul wrenching desire to touch the infinite even when we are finite. 

A need that has no boundaries, no roadblocks, nothing that could bar that light of expectation from bursting forth. 

It is incredible and far beyond magnificent.

It is the impetus that keeps the weary heart beating, the silent lips praying and weak mind dreaming.

If faith is the moon than hope is the rising sun that chases the shadows away.

Without faith it is impossible to please the true and living God.

The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope for his people. Joel 3 verse 16

Yet To Be #50

There is a wrong and a right even with hope.

# 16 of 31 False Hope, Again

False hope is based on ignorance, believing unrealistically, given to foolish expectations.

There is a wrong and a right, even with hope. 

But what if you believe and have faith and ask doubting nothing, but trusting that these things will come to pass, is that not hope?

Hope at times is blind to reality.  It only sees the possible through the eyes of faith.

There is no vengeful desires with hope. 

There is no consumption of lust.

There is no darkness in hope.

There is no fear with hope, because fear has torment.

There is only peace. This is the peace of God that surpasses all understanding.

(references: Matthew 19 verse 26, Mark 11 verse 23, Luke 1 verse 37, Philippians 4 verse 7, James 4 verses 2 and 3, 1 John 4 verse 18)

Yet To Be #49

Faith has no eyes to see with or ears to hear with

# 15 of 31 Faith Supports Hope

“Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope.” Acts 2 verse 26

In order to say and not only that, but to believe that there is hope in this world, faith must be engaged.

Faith is the underpinning of hope. And faith like a grain of mustard seed, multiples into an abundance of anticipation. 

Faith has no eyes to see with or ears to hear with, but it exists because it believes when there is nothing but hope to rely on.

Yet To Be # 47

the dead cannot hope

#13 of 31 The Dead & Hope

Dead men cannot hope. Hope is for the living not the dead.

For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope,

For a living dog is better than a dead lion.

For the living know that they shall die; but the dead know not any thing,

Neither have they any more reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Also their love, and their hatred and their envy is now perished; neither have they any more portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.  Ecclesiastes 9 verse 4

Yet To Be #46

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

# 12 of 31 Hope and Wait

Herd of Deer most likely Bucks

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