I have tried writing stories for each of my Crew. I wrote the one for my oldest five or six years ago, then the other kids asked me to write stories FOR them. So I pondered how to write a story for my little "word collector". It features a princess and a dragon and a WHOLE LOT of words... including the word "hope".
hope: 1. A desire of some good, accompanied with at least a slight expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable. Hope differs from wish and desire in this, that it implies some expectation of obtaining the good desired, or the possibility of possessing it. Hope therefore always gives pleasure or joy; whereas wish and desire may produce or be accompanied with pain and anxiety.
~1828 Webster's Dictionary
We place our hope in all kinds of things. As I pondered "hope", I realized that (at least in my mind) it is closely related to "trust".
Put no trust in extortion; set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them.
Psalms 62:10
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes.
Psalms 118:9
Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
Psalms 146:3
Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
Psalms 20:7
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
Proverbs 3:5
I was reminded as I listened to a sermon recently that my hope is not set on circumstances, or something... but someOne. Here's the link: The Guarantee of a Better Covenant
Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one named after the order of Aaron? For when there is a change in the priesthood, there is necessarily a change in the law as well. For the one of whom these things are spoken belonged to another tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar. For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests. This becomes even more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek, who has become a priest, not on the basis of a legal requirement concerning bodily descent, but by the power of an indestructible life. For it is witnessed of him, "You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek." For on the one hand, a former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness (for the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God. And it was not without an oath. For those who formerly became priests were made such without an oath, but this one was made a priest with an oath by the one who said to him: "The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, 'You are a priest forever.'" This makes Jesus the guarantor of a better covenant. The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office, but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues forever. Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them. For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself. For the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect forever.
Hebrews 7:11-28
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