Hope

While having my morning coffee I suddenly heard a sound that caused my heart to beat faster as a joy began to rise up within in me. That sound was the sound of hope. What does hope sound like. Well, let me describe it.


After a long, cold winter here in Canada, as I sit snuggled inside my house knowing that several inches of snow still remain in my backyard, I suddenly hear the first sound of spring. Robins singing!!!! The Robin's beautiful chirping makes me jump for joy because the silence has been broken and hope has arisen in my heart that Spring is just around the corner.


Though I don't see Spring yet and it still looks and feel a bit like Winter, especially some days worse than others, I have hope that Spring is just around the corner. Nature knows --- I believe this, to watch the signs of the times, the changing of the seasons -- so watching and listening, I have hope because the sound of Spring has been heard.


Hebrews 11:1 (various translations)
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.(KJV)
Faith assures us of things we expect and convinces us of the existence of things we cannot see. (God's Word translation 1995)
Now faith is a well-grounded assurance of that for which we hope, and a conviction of the reality of things which we do not see. (Weymouth)