"For in this hope we were saved.But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently." (Romans 8: 24 - 25).
Beautiful HOPE has been the dominant theme since we started reading Romans in daily liturgical cycle. I hope you are uplifted by the message. You must be if you nurse some secret hope in your heart. I am immersed in immense joy and consolation. As a young school boy, we bantered with this phrase frequently: "Where there is hope, there is life." How true! But the Bible puts it better: "Hope never fails." (Romans 5: 5).
The Prophet Jeremiah who suffered a great deal and waited and waited for the Lord, knew one or two things about trusting, hoping and waiting. He committed his experience in these immortal words :
“But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence.
They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water.
Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought.
Their leaves stay green, and they never stop producing fruit." (Jeremiah 17: 7 - 8).
"Wait patiently for the Lord.
Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the Lord." (Psalm 27: 14)
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