We're told a lot about hope in church. We're told our hope is in Jesus. We're told to hope in the Lord. In fact we like hope so much that we often name our churches, and even our children, after it.
There is a chance however that we've misunderstood what hope really is. Hope is not a guarantee that everything will turn out just fine. In fact Jesus tells us to be ready for hard times. And certainly for the disciples and many early Christians things came to a painfully unhappy ending. If these people were martyred for their beliefs why do we think we'll end up with a nice house and a perfect family just because we're "good Christians".
But hope is not a fairy tale. Hope does not promise a happy ending to life, it promises a happy ending to eternity.
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