If life is to be sustained, hope must remain--even where confidence is wounded and trust is impaired.

Someone we know just pasted this on Facebook. What do you think? Is hope what we must have? If so, what hope? What hope must we have REGARDLESS of how we feel or we think? How do we sustain ourselves? Or do we sustain ourselves? What/who sustains us? Our hope. And what/WHO is our hope? The hymn says, “Our hope is built on nothing less than Jesus and His righteousness.” Why? Because alone, I am nothing. Alone, I feel like what is the point? Well, sometimes even with my hope I feel that way. Can I imagine what it would be like without that hope? Without the Holy Spirit living and active in me? What would be the point of doing anything?