Written by Eugene Peterson (1932-2018), a minister, scholar, theologian, author, and poet.
Godly hope is not dreaming. It is not spinning an illusion or fantasy to protect us from our boredom and our pain. It means a confident, alert expectation that God will do what he said he will do. Hope is imagination put in the harness of faith.
Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be. [Romans 4:18]
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