We Christians know that the first death is Jesus' death. We enter our own first death when we are baptized. Whatever hope we have for victory and triumph over death is completely rooted and grounded in Jesus' death and Resurrection. The glimpse we get of the realm where God's love is sovereign gives us hope. Hope is perhaps the most powerful of God's gifts to us.
Hope transcends poverty and wealth.
Hope wipes out hatred and nourishes love. Hope gives us the energy to do good. The sayings of Jesus are sayings that are empowered by his vision of the realm where God's love reigns supreme. God grants us the hope that enables our dim sight to see the vision of glorious light. Postings are in advance of use-dates but may not be in chronological sequence.