God of Hope

We’re just about as happy as we make up our minds to be. -Abraham Lincoln

Hope is the feeling we have that the feeling we have is not permanent. -Mignon McLaughlin

Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. -Ranier Maria Rilke

Anyone who claims to know all the answers doesn’t really know very much. (1 Corinthians 8:2)

This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. (Joshua 1:9)

If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse. -Jim Rohn

The truth isn’t always beauty, but the hunger for it is. -Nadine Gordimer

Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance but laying hold of His willingness. -Martin Luther King

Poet Kahil Gibran put it this way, “Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.”

Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. (1 Corinthians 13:7)

What we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later. (Romans 8:18)

The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions. -Alfred Adler