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HOPE- definition: noun- a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen.
definition: verb- want something to happen or be the case.
Is it possible to desire one word to be both a noun and a verb in your everyday life? As I write this, I can think of things I hope for... a well balanced checkbook; a clean kitchen when I get home. But I also find things I want to happen. I hope to rest well tonight. I anticipate a good dinner with friends. I hope my daughter makes decisions that will benefit her life.
As I write, I am reminded, that I have both hope (noun) and hope (verb) in my life.
"My Hope is Built on Nothing Less"
by Edward Mote, 1797-1874
1. My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus' blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus' name.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
2. When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale
My anchor holds within the veil.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
3. His oath, His covenant, and blood
Support me in the whelming flood;
When every earthly prop gives way,
He then is all my Hope and Stay.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
4. When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh, may I then in Him be found,
Clothed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne!
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand
I especially like the 3rd verse.
"When every earthly prop gives way,
then is all my HOPE and stay."
How comforting to know this hope: to know that THE HOPE is a verb is also my hope that is a person... a living, breathing, walking, talking person.
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