Romans 8... day 24...

Now hope that is seen is not hope.

For who hopes for what he sees?

But if we hope for what we do not see,

we wait for it with patience.

Romans 8:24-25 ESV

Hope... fills a void...

sustains a longing...

encourages endurance...

Once hope is fulfilled... it disappears...

or we replace it with another...

because the human heart is not easily satisfied...

... hope that is seen... is not hope...

But without hope we are lost...

becoming prey to...

despair... 

doubt... 

depression...

To live hope-full... is to live... faith-full...

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for

and certain of what we do not see.

Hebrews 11:1

Hope... inspired the shepherd... to leave the ninety-nine... to find the lost one he could not see...

Hope... encouraged the woman... to sweep diligently... until she found the lost coin... she knew not where...

Hope... kept the father's eyes on the road... day after day... month after month... waiting for his lost son to return... he knew not when...

Hope... keeps the farmer... sowing... tilling... weeding... when there is nothing to see...

See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth,

being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains.

James 5:7 ESV

Hope... 

fuels patience... 

provokes action...

For whatever was written in the former days

was written for our instruction, that through endurance

and through the encouragement of the Scriptures

we might have hope.

Romans 15:4 ESV

But when it's fulfilled...

no longer necessary...

hope... ignites... joy...

Through [our Lord Jesus Christ] we have also obtained

access by faith into this grace in which we stand,

and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Romans 5:2 ESV

Father God... bless me with hope...

firmly planted in Your coming glory...

that I might diligently wait... 

faithfully... gracefully... joyfully...