Hope floats

"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies" This is a quote from one of my favorite movies, The Shawshank Redemption, it speaks to the power of wanting more and the ability to withstand until you get it. We all have things that we hope for... we hope things get better, we hope our car starts in the morning, we hope our love is returned, we hope tomorrow comes quickly and we hope this moment lasts forever. But how many times have your hopes been realized? How often do we receive the things in which we feel we deserve and want so desperately to obtain? For some, hopes seem to be realized everyday and for others it seems to come at a snail’s pace if at all. What goes into receiving the things we hope for? Is it the work that we put in or the faith that things will come as they are meant, is it a question of luck or the Lords' blessings? 

I don't have the answers to those questions, not for myself or anyone else but I do believe that faith plays a huge part in achieving all that we may hope for. You must have faith in yourself, your work, and that higher power; no matter what name you may give it, it seems to be that those who submit their requests to "him" are often the ones that get the return on their investment. But a simple submission doesn't seem to be enough; it seems to be that a submission plus an almost demanding faith are the two things that must be present for hopes to be realized. A faith that instructs "all the universe to conspire in helping you to achieve it" and a submission that overflows with tireless effort. Our hope for the future will most certainly fall short if it is not paired with the efforts of faith. 

"My hopes come with great certainty that my efforts in faith are enough..."