Originally posted by RBHILL
Well what do you put your hope in? God's word, evolution, man, your gift of singleness, your children, your parents, liberalism, food, ext.?
There are many kinds of hope. You could have hope for your parents, that they don't end up alone in a nursing home. You could have hope for your children, that they don't end up dead or in prison. You could have hope for humanity in general, that they come to God and do not follow the AntiChrist in the tribulation. You could have hope for our planet, that humans do not plunder and rape her to the point where she can no longer support life. You could have hope for your country, that people support your choice for President and move the country in the right direction.
I'm not sure what you're getting at with this question. I put my hope in many things, no one thing has my exclusive hope. But these are all things which have a lack of perfection, and so if I have hope for them, that hope is not misplaced. I have no "hope" for things which are perfect, i.e. God, Jesus, or the Word of God. They will continue to be perfect with or without my "hope". What can my "hope" do for them? I can have faith in them, that they can continue to mold and shape imperfect me, but I put no "hope" in things that are perfect. Their promises (to me, to mankind) will be made manifest in their time, no amount of "hoping" can change that, or even hasten them along.