Today’s Daily Lesson comes from Romans chapter 5 verses 1 through 5:
Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we* have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. 3And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.
Resilient people are hopeful people.
We think of hope as something of the deep trust we have while we are going through something. It is that indeed; but hope is more than just an optimistic outlook. It’s more than a sunny forecast.
Hope is the gift of God that comes to those who endure. “Suffering produces endurance,” today’s Lesson says, “and endurance produces character, and character produces hope.” Hope is something survivors have. It’s calloused hands and calloused knees. It’s a worn out pair of boots and probably a lot more grey hair. Hope is another ring in the tree marking either drought, or scorch, or flood, and always testifying survival. Hope is a spiritual that grandmothers taught us through tears on a stony road. And hope is the candle that just wouldn’t go out during the dark.
“Hope endures,” we say. It was born by endurance. And it will endure to the end.
In other words, it will somehow see us through.
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