Hope, part 2b

Just a clarification:
These are Dan Allender's thoughts, not mine. I've thrown in some thoughts, and I write in my perspective of Dan, but the basic skeleton is his, not mine - just a little clarification so you don't think I'm smarter than I really am.

So, where was I...oh yes, hope...

So, Hope is a memory of the future, an anticipation of the Day of the Lord, and the nature of Hope is having dreams which are unrealizable and yet worthy for you to die for. Furthermore, the more we wait, the more the taste is delicious and the more it's wed with agony.

Here's where it gets fun:
Faith provides an anchor, or stability; hope brings freedom.
Faith provides identity, memory, and context.
Hope provides movement and a capacity to risk.

We already know that the things in this life that we "hope" for are nothing more than delusions. We are idolators, letting security, comfort, pizza, Buckeyes, vacations all steal pieces of our hope.
These things do not bring us the reconciliation, redemption, and justice we long for; therefore, we despair in the agony of waiting expectantly and groaning inwardly.

What does this tell me?

This life is not worth living; it is not worth holding on to. Only in realizing and accepting this can I begin to truly live. This is the paradox of Christ's call.

Since our life is no longer our own, we have the freedom to risk.

So, faith is our anchor that provides stability. Hope, then, brings the sails that move us out of the harbor, into danger. The crazy thing about Hope is that it will always get us into trouble.

When we Hope, we will bleed. When we Hope, we will suffer.

So, what do you live your life in Hope for?
What are you willing to die for?

Are you willing to live with furious indifference to your own life?
Or do you live with a sense of boredom, an indifference to life itself?
These are two foundationally different ideas:
Indifference to life is an indifference to love, but indifference to your own life allows you to risk yourself in love for another.

So, where do you risk?

Are your dreams more about reconciliation or are they more about filling your sensual desires? Do you hope for redemption, or do you want your belly to be full?
Where will you persevere because your name is bound to that dream of redemption?

So, What do you Hope for?