The Blessing of Hope

"For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?  But if we hope for that which we see not, then do we with patience wait for it."  Romans 8:24-25.  Hope is the rose that grows in the garden of thorns.  Hope is a light that shines in the darkness.  Hope is the strength of the day and the endurance of the night.  Hope lifts the burdens and carries the load.  Hope is life in the midst of death.  Hope lays the foundation that will not crumble.  Hope looks forward, not backward.  Hope does not ask, "What might have been?", but rather, "What is going to be?"  Hope is a trust in a better tomorrow, a commitment to a brighter day.  Hope delivers us to the promise of betterment.  Hope takes us on a voyage of newness.  Patience brings us to hope.  The trials will pass; the pain will cease; the tears will be dry.  If not here, then in the better land.  Let hope be the transport which takes us there.