hope is for us

The other day I was thinking about that great trilogy of Faith, Hope, and Charity. And while they are very intertwined, so that you can't really have any of these qualities without having the others, it occurred to me that they are each focused on someone different. 

Faith is for God:  Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the first principle of the Gospel. Faith in our Heavenly Father.  "Thou shalt love the Lord, thy God, with all thy heart..."

Charity is for our fellowman:  Charity for our family, our friends, our neighbors.  "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."

But what about Hope?  Then it came to me:  Hope is for us.  Because of Christ, I can hope for my heart's righteous desires.  I can hope for good things now and in the future.  "[Have] a perfect brightness of hope."


Somehow, that makes me smile. 

Hope is for us. 

flowering almond, symbol of hope

it's official--he DOES have a brain!

David participated in some psychology tests at the U of O, one of which included having an MRI of his brain.  Cool, huh?

heart attack!

For Family Home Evening, Nelson, David, and I "heart attacked" Heather's and Aaron's doors.

I LOVE my kids!

the hope of spring

our Asian pear in bloom

dancing daffodils in the back yard

oh, no!

So, Heather comes home from school this afternoon, all upset because she was in a little accident.  She said she was at a red light, thought it turned green, started to turn left, and got hit on the driver's side.  Everyone was OK, but the other car's front looked pretty smooshed.  She gave them her information and got theirs.  I just knew it!  These car things come in threes and I've been waiting for another mishap.  It's going to be just like a few years ago when we had the pickup and the Plymouth and I was on the phone to the insurance company every other week.  So, she takes me out to the car to see the damage.  Here's a link to the damage pictures.
  She got a good spanking afterward.