"That We...Might Have Hope!"

I am feeling full of hope on this Easter morn!

From "The Infinite Power of Hope" by President Dieter F. Uchtforf   October 2008:

"Hope is one leg of a three-legged stool, together with faith and charity. These three stabilize our lives regardless of the rough or uneven surfaces we might encounter at the time.

Hope has the power to fill our lives with happiness. 

Hope is a gift of the Spirit.  It is a hope that through the Atonement of Jesus Christ and the power of His Resurrection,

we shall be raised unto life eternal and this because of our faith in the Savior. 

This kind of hope is both a principle of promise as well as a commandment,

 and, as with all commandments, we have the responsibility to make it an active part of our lives and

overcome the temptation to lose hope.

Hope in our Heavenly Father’s merciful plan of happiness leads to peace,

 mercy,  rejoicing, and gladness. 

The hope of salvation is like a protective helmet;

it is the foundation of our faith and an anchor to our souls."

 "Hope sustains us through despair. Hope teaches that there is reason to rejoice even when all seems dark around us.

With Jeremiah I proclaim, “Blessed is the man … whose hope the Lord is.”

With Joel I testify, “The Lord [is] the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.”

With Nephi I declare: “Press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end,

behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life.”