The first definition for hope given in the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary is “to cherish a desire with anticipation.”

Rachel hoped to bear and raise children for Jacob. While she finally bore two sons, her untimely death at the birth of her second son did not allow her to see both of her sons raised to adulthood. Her hopes were dashed with her death.

The archaic definition, (“a word or sense once in common use is found today only sporadically or in special context”), in the dictionary was, “to desire with expectation of obtainment.”

God does not just offer a physical hope to get us through each day of our physical lives, but a living hope. It is a hope that cannot be dashed by another person’s action or even by death!

Please join us this month as we consider God’s offer of A Living Hope.