Hope for the unseen

What is hope? Scripture is helpful in this regard. Roman 8:24, 25: “For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.” Hope is patiently waiting for something you cannot see. If you can see it, it is not hope at all, because it is already a reality. Think of the young man and woman who are engaged to be married and eagerly await the day when they will be wed. The...