Thought for the Day 7/11/2007
HOPE
Long ago, in the days of sailing ships, a terrible storm arose and a ship was lost in a deserted area. Only one crewman survived, washed up on a small uninhabited island. Each day he looked for a passing ship but saw nothing. Eventually he managed to build a crude hut, in which he stored the few things he had recovered from the wreck and those things he had made to help him. One day, as the sailor was returning from his daily search for food, he saw a large column of smoke. As he ran toward it, he saw his small hut in flames. All was lost.
Although slightly stunned, he quickly began to search the island for material to build a new hut. That night, he worked diligently to construct a better dwelling than that which he had before, and he remained hopeful that one day he would finally be discovered. He spent an almost sleepless night thinking of constructive ways in which to make his time on the island more comfortable. The next morning, he rose early and went down to the sea. There, to his amazement, he saw a ship lying offshore and a small boat rowing toward him.
When the once-marooned man met the ship’s captain, he asked him how he had known to send help. The captain replied, “Why, we saw your smoke signal yesterday, but by the time we drew close the tide was against us, so we had to wait until now to come and get you.”
Hope is that single ingredient which allows us to look forward to tomorrow and the positive opportunities it will bring.
Hope is the energy that arouses the mind to explore every possibility in time of challenges and adversity.
Hope is that extra push that keeps us going. It gives us the ability to carry on with our plans even though we feel discouraged or doubtful. Sometimes it may seem that things have taken a turn for the worst, but the hopeful heart believes that, “Better times are just around the corner.”
When failure confronts you, when disappointment faces you, when disaster threatens you, the only hope you have is hope.
For as long as you have hope, you will always feel a candle burning within you that will light the way to great possibilities.
Positive Thinking e-newsletter
For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us,
so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
Romans 15:4
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Romans 12:12
Long ago, in the days of sailing ships, a terrible storm arose and a ship was lost in a deserted area. Only one crewman survived, washed up on a small uninhabited island. Each day he looked for a passing ship but saw nothing. Eventually he managed to build a crude hut, in which he stored the few things he had recovered from the wreck and those things he had made to help him. One day, as the sailor was returning from his daily search for food, he saw a large column of smoke. As he ran toward it, he saw his small hut in flames. All was lost.
Although slightly stunned, he quickly began to search the island for material to build a new hut. That night, he worked diligently to construct a better dwelling than that which he had before, and he remained hopeful that one day he would finally be discovered. He spent an almost sleepless night thinking of constructive ways in which to make his time on the island more comfortable. The next morning, he rose early and went down to the sea. There, to his amazement, he saw a ship lying offshore and a small boat rowing toward him.
When the once-marooned man met the ship’s captain, he asked him how he had known to send help. The captain replied, “Why, we saw your smoke signal yesterday, but by the time we drew close the tide was against us, so we had to wait until now to come and get you.”
Hope is that single ingredient which allows us to look forward to tomorrow and the positive opportunities it will bring.
Hope is the energy that arouses the mind to explore every possibility in time of challenges and adversity.
Hope is that extra push that keeps us going. It gives us the ability to carry on with our plans even though we feel discouraged or doubtful. Sometimes it may seem that things have taken a turn for the worst, but the hopeful heart believes that, “Better times are just around the corner.”
When failure confronts you, when disappointment faces you, when disaster threatens you, the only hope you have is hope.
For as long as you have hope, you will always feel a candle burning within you that will light the way to great possibilities.
Positive Thinking e-newsletter
For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us,
so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
Romans 15:4
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Romans 12:12
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