Hope

I was moved to tears today by Barach Obama's speech. Don't worry I am generally a bit soppy. I think what moved me most was not the words that he used but the word. HOPE.
It's a tricky word as so much of what we call hope is actually wishes.
The hope he speaks of is not so much the stuff of dreams but the stuff of work. The kind of stuff that gets you up in the morning. The kind of thing that overcomes our natural tendency to despair.
St Paul siads that love hopes and that hope is the right respone to dificult situations. As people of faith we have much to learn from each other and give to the world about hope.