Well, I sure hope so. The last verse in 1st Corinthians 13 says that - "now abides these three, faith, hope and love, but the greatest is love." Faith finds its resting place and for a believer or a 'faither' that resting place is in Jesus as Redeemer. Love is eternal for even in heaven, the eternal home of the believer or 'faither' there will be love. Hope does have its end when that for which you hope finds its fulfillment. There will be no reason for hope in heaven. But when your hope is gone in this earth, when you have exhausted your ability to hope, when you have hoped so very long and it looks still looks hopeless, you will become despondent. You will give up. All three of these qualities are important to richness of life. Life without love is cold. Life without faith is hard, but life without hope can only go so far.
John Milton, in 1634, is credited with the phrase 'every cloud has a silver lining'. Your life may be totally covered by a big humungus black cloud for days. But all clouds have a beginning and an end and if you wait just long enough the end of that big black cloud will be edged with silver because the sun will be behind it, ready to peek through. That is a picture of hope. There is no need to allow yourself to become hopeless because there is an end to black clouds and the sun will shine again.
Each of us needs encouragement and we hardly take time to get a sense of others state of hope Its, "Hello," "How are you?" and "Fine, thanks." and we move on. Perhaps there is no time to delve into others lives and perhaps they don't want it all to hang out, but we can say a short prayer and ask God to shower them with His loving-kindness.
Wouldn't that be fun, to go around all day and shower everyone with whom we have contact, with a big bundle of God's loving-kindness?
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