Hope Defies Logic

Hope is the unbreakable chain-link that connects us to faith in Christ, the bridge to heaven, whom we trust through the knowledge of His Word.   
December’s Awakening, Day 16

If we were logical, the future would be bleak indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope.

 —Jacques Cousteau

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

 —Vaclav Havel

For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope. Romans 15:4 NIV

            We are human and we are logical, but logic can only take us so far in the quest for understanding who we are and why we’re here. Truth, remember, is greater than proof or logic, and it is only faith fueled by hope that can bridge that great chasm between God and us. It is His written Word that teaches and encourages us so that we may be able to bear strife and persevere in this world. Although His Word does tell us that in this world things will go from bad to worse, it also reassures us that this is temporary and that He is certainly in full control working out all things according to His perfect plan. Our ultimate existence with Him in paradise will most assuredly be at His appointed time.

            Read the Scriptures. They have been given to us by God to strengthen and encourage us to persevere to the end—to give us hope.