Hope

Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices;

My flesh also will rest in hope.

(Psalm 16:9)

And now, Lord, what do I wait for?

My hope is in you.

(Psalm 39:7)

Hope is the thing with feathers

That perches on the soul,

And sings the tune – without the words –

And never stops at all.

(Emily Dickinson)

O Israel, hope in the Lord, from this time forth and forever.

(Psalm 131:3)

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don’t give up.

(Anne Lamott)

Hopelessly,

The hope is we have so much to feel good about.

(OneRepublic)

The Lord is good to those who wait for Him.

To the soul who seeks Him.

It is good that one should hope and wait quietly

For the salvation of the Lord.

(Lamentations 3:25-26)

Return to the stronghold,

You prisoners of hope.

Even today I declare

That I will restore double to you.

(Zechariah 9:12)

I’m up here holding on to all those chandeliers of hope.

(Coldplay)

Therefore, having been justified by faith, we hold peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope in the glory of God.

(Romans 5: 1,2)

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming? For you are our glory and joy.

(1 Thessalonians 1:19)

The world no longer let me love,

My hope and treasure lies above.

(Anne Bradstreet)

But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation.

(1 Thessalonians 5:8)

This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both firm and steadfast.

(Hebrews 6:19)

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear…

(1 Peter 1:15)

We have within ourselves

Enough to fill the present day with joy,

And overspread the future years with hope.

(William Wordsworth)

For I know the thoughts I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you and future and a hope.

(Jeremiah 29:11)