THE WAY OF HAPPINESS - Hope

"[I have] thoughts of peace, and not of calamity, to give you a future and a hope." -Jeremiah 29:11. 

HOPE IS . . . AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF OUR SPIRITUAL LIFEBLOOD," states the book Hop in the Age of Anxiety.  "And it is the best medicine for overcoming feelings of helplessness, alienation, and fear."." 

Our need for hope is reflected in the pages of the Bible, which also cautions us against false hope. "Do no put your trust in princes, nor in a son of man, who cannot bring salvation," says Psalm 146:3. Instead of trusting in human efforts to save us, we are wise to trust our Creator, who has the power (not humans)  to fulfill all his promises.  What has he promised us? Consider the following. 

WICKEDNESS WILL END; LASTING PEACE FOR THE RIGHTEOUS WILL FOLLOW: "Just a little while longer, and the wicked will be no more . . . But the meek will possess the earth, and they will find exquisite delight in the abundance of peace," states Psalm 37:10, 11. Verse 29 adds that "the righteous . . . will live forever" on the earth. 

AN END TO WARFARE: "Jehovah . . . is bringing an end to wars throughout the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;  he burns the military wagons with fire." -Psalm 46:8, 9. 

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