Sublime

character produces hope (Rom. 5:4). In the Bible the word hope does not mean “I wish” or “I want.” It means confidence in Christ’s power and confidence in God’s promises.

Anything—minus hope—equals nothing. Hope is the human equivalent of oxygen when it comes to a person’s ability to live effectively. Take it away, and everything else becomes irrelevant. Without hope it is impossible to live a balanced life. Far worse, without hope, people surrender too soon and die too young.

To hope well is to be realistic about probabilities, not to succumb to wishful thinking or be cowed by fear; it is to hold possibilities open when you should. The point of clinging to possibility is not to feel good – hope may be more painful than despair – but to keep the flicker of potential agency alive.

from What’s the Use of Hope? by Kieran Set

Do not lose hope of making spiritual progress; you still have opportunity and time.

our Messianic hope is the expectation of a day, of the end of days.

Hope is everything in the job search. Without hope, then you drain the asset side of your emotional balance sheet (and increase your liabilities), undermine your prospects, and even sabotage yourself.

Tim: I think optimism is the expectation that things are going to be OK. That we’re going to get a good outcome. Hope is much more about meaning; hope is the will to hold on to our values in the face of difficulty. Optimism is one kind of hope, a rather flimsy sort of hope. What we need now is a more resilient kind of hope, one not based on an expe