it allows us to dream dreams

of heavens and royalty and love and other treasures

when we have nothing of the kind

when we have nothing

hope allows us to dream of having something

it can lift our spirits and guide our actions

hope allows for wonderful visions of the future

when the present is anything but wonderful

How glorious and empowering hope can be


Oh, but of dashed hopes

of false hope

of lost hope

of wrongful promises

of cracked dreams

of shattered faith

How disastrous that can be

How vengeful that can be


in his hope

and somehow, lost it all

How disastrous that can be

How vengeful that can be

He then sets his life mission to be

to thwart and reverse every action he had his hope in

Oh, to lose hope

How disastrous that can be

How vengeful that can be

one’s purpose seems to have vanished

one’s goal seems to be part of magician’s disappearing act



Hope is like a fire

it can create or it can destroy

it can give warmth and change things to a better state


Hope is like a fire

it can be the one thing between

life and death

sometimes the life giver

sometimes the death bringer


Hope seems to be able to bring us

to the highest heights

and yet the deepest depths

because power can work both ways

for and against us.

So is it right to hope at all?


To have shining, bright, up lifting hope

and yet to have

cracked, shattered, broken hope

Is it right to hope at all?


It is not right to have that kind of hope

hope that can be shattered like glass

is nothing to have hope in at all

something easily broken should not carry our dreams

for dreams are immense beings

that grow and change and have lives of their own

and a fragile container such as a glassy hope

is not fitting for dreams.


So dream dreams

and hope everyday

for things of risk

are things of reward


Matthew 6:19-21


3 responses »

  1. Yes, hope and dreams are wonderful. Sometimes that is what keeps us going. We certainly need to realize that all of them will not materialize. Our most important hope is our hope in Jesus Christ our Lord.


  2. Hope all depends what you put your hope in – if you hope money will fall from the sky, that will most certainly end with disappointment. But if you put your hope on something that is certain, Jesus Christ, then hope, which is actually faith, will turn out with immeasurable happiness.


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