The point about hope is that it is something that occurs in very dark moments. It is like a flame in the darkness; it isn't like a confidence and a promise.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Hope is not a form of guarantee; it's a form of energy, and very frequently that energy is strongest in circumstances that are very dark.
Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.
Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.
I realised that if I wished to write about the dark and not allow for hope, people would recognise it as false - because hope is the nub of what we are.
I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don't believe in people just hoping.
There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again.
We actually believe in hope. But hope requires purpose. And purpose requires direction.
Hope is favorable and confident expectation; it's an expectant attitude that something good is going to happen and things will work out, no matter what situation we're facing.
Hope is trust in God's promises, faith that if we act now, the desired blessings will be fulfilled in the future.
Hope is not just... out in the sky, or accepting the facts or reality. Hope is having optimistic, positive expectations.