“Life is pain,” the Dread Pirate Roberts (aka Westley) tells Buttercup in The Princess Bride. Frank Capra, on the other hand, says “it’s a wonderful life” in his Christmas movie by that name. One Sunday, as I filled in for our Sunday School teacher, I asked the class which movie had it right. After a little puzzlement (some had never seen
I loved this piece, and I think you hit the mark. Hope really is what we have to offer. Even love, the greatest of the three virtues listed in 1 Corinthians 13, must be founded on hope. Without our hope, we have nothing to give. But with the great hope of the Resurrection and the coming Restoration of all things, we have what we need to be shielded against even the great pain this world can bring.
Thank you, Ike! You’ve said it so well. Hope is all that keeps despair at bay, I think, and gives us a reason to keep going when things can look so bad. And love does depend on hope.
Another good one Sis!
I loved this piece, and I think you hit the mark. Hope really is what we have to offer. Even love, the greatest of the three virtues listed in 1 Corinthians 13, must be founded on hope. Without our hope, we have nothing to give. But with the great hope of the Resurrection and the coming Restoration of all things, we have what we need to be shielded against even the great pain this world can bring.
Thank you, Ike! You’ve said it so well. Hope is all that keeps despair at bay, I think, and gives us a reason to keep going when things can look so bad. And love does depend on hope.
Hi Linda, a great reminder - Never Despair!
Thanks, Mark! It is a great temptation, but we can’t give in.
I don’t think it does, Mark. But maybe it gets a little easier to live with over time.