On keeping hope alive

I am so late on this whole "blog everyday in May thing," but I'm still going to jump in and join when I can. And right now is one of those times because I'm procrastinating studying for an exam I have Friday morning and am instead drinking wine with one hand and spooning ice cream into my mouth with the other. No joke.

But anyway, I wanted to share a piece of advice for today's topic that I've been speaking over myself these past few weeks: holding onto hope, specifically when you have nothing left to hold onto. I came across a scripture a few weeks ago that tugged at my heart and never let go.

"We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure." (Hebrews 6:19)

The scripture is absolutely fantastic, but here's where it gets good. If you look up the definition of hope, you'll find a plethora of definitions all centering around one central theme: confident expectation. And the cool thing about it, if you trace that scripture back to the Greek you'll find the word 'elpidos,' which literally translates to hope, confidence, trust, expectation.

So with hope (or elpidos) as the anchor for our soul, we are therefore anchored by this confident expectation. And so my advice: hold onto hope!