I have been taught my whole life to have faith, and I truly do have faith in my
Heavenly Father and my Savior Jesus Christ. I have faith in their plan for me ,
and I have faith that I will someday be in there presence and see and talk to
them face to face.
But I have also been taught my whole life that the
definition of faith is: to hope for things not seen. But can you have faith
without hope?
I know every scripture I have ever read combines faith and
hope, and a lot of times charity. Are they inseparable virtues?
I have spent
many, probably too many nights, laying awake wondering if I could truly have
faith without hope, because hope hurts.
I don't know where the line is, or if
there is even a line, between faith and hope, or if they could possibly be one
in the same, but I want to have faith without the pain that accompanies hope,
after my hopes are dashed.
But then I am probably putting my hope in the
wrong place.
I should have faith and hope that my Heavenly Father will grant
me the peace, and the patients and the endurance to climb the next mountain,
just to realize there is another mountain even taller that I must climb, and I
know that if I quit hoping, then somewhere along the way i will quit climbing
because having faith without hope won't work. So as I climb my mountain and
reach the summit, just to realize I must drop into a valley and begin the climb
of another, taller mountain, I will hope that on top of one of these mountains,
my hopes will be realized. Because I know that no matter how much it hurts, my Savior has already felt that pain for me. I am not climbing my mountains alone,
and I am not walking through these valleys unaccompanied. If I will let him, my
savior will walk with me, and I know that when I feel I can't climb one more
mountain, and I drop to my knees in tears and desperation, he will take my hand
and lift my head and give me the strength to climb, and if i cant muster the
strength,he will carry me up the next one.
It has happened many times, and I
have faith that with my Heavenly Father and my Savior Jesus Christ, all things
are possible.
So I guess I have just answered my own question, no, faith
without hope won't work. Because faith is hope!
But I guess i will have to
wait to know why hope has to hurt
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