Hope is an anchor for the soul, according to Hebrews.
I had a rema moment the other day reading Romans 5. VV 3-5 say, "Not only so but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us."
Hopelesness is a lack of character.
Hopelesness is a lack of character, produced by not persevering in suffering. Despair is a character problem. Not a psychological problem... a character problem.
Hm. Do I have hope?
If not, I alone am to blame... not dire circumstances or situations that merit despair... me and my own character fall short if I do not have hope.
"Hope again in God; I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God."
3 comments:
How do you treat a character problem? - With drugs? - With an act of 'positive will'? | Is physiological predisposition a 'circumstance or situation that merits despair' or can we call that an involuntary cause and 'treat' it? | You are commanded to do that which you can never do. Realizing that hope will never put you to shame.
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