The hope on the other side of despair is the unique gift of God to those who walk the journey called faith. That is why faith, hope, and love overlap. You cannot really have one without the other two. The hope united with faith and love is not based on anything in particular working out. It is a hope that comes to those who wait and walk at the same time.
Such full hope believes that Reality can be trusted after all. It knows that Someone is good somewhere. Goodness is at the beginning and the bottom of all of this. Goodness will surely and finally win out. Such comfort allows one to trust, hope, and love all at the same time.
Richard Rohr, from Near Occasions of Grace
This morning the air is clear and fresh, and the sunlight like a golden fluid pouring over the rim of the bank behind the house, and truth is something you can taste, and hold. Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life... If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." (John 14:6; 8:31b-32, NIV)
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