Expectant and Alive

Hope affects the Christian life by making us expectant and alive. People
with minimal hope live in drudgery and boredom because they think they know
what's going to happen next. They've made their assessment of God, the people
around them, and themselves, and they know what's coming. People who hope
never know what's coming next. They expect it is going to be good, because God
is good. Even when disasters occur, people of hope look for how God will use
evil for good. A person with hope is alive to God. Hope is powerful. It is
stimulating. It keeps us on tiptoe, looking for the unexpected.

*Daily Reflections with Eugene Peterson