THE WAY OF HAPPINESS - Hope

"[I have] thoughts of peace , and not of calamity, to give you a future and a hope." -JEREMIAH 2:9, 11. 

"HOPE IS . . .AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF OUR SPIRITUAL LIFEBLOOD,"  states the book Hope 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 hopes:  "Do not put your trust in princes, nor in a son of man, who cannot bring salvation," says Psalm 146:3.   Instead of trusting human efforts to save us, we are wise to trust in our Creator, who has the power 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 he meek will inherit 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. 

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