Romans 12:12
"Be joyful in hope..."
If the Holy Spirit took the time to inspire Paul to write this one simple phrase, then there is mostly likely an equally simple and doubly as powerful reason that He did.
And here it is:
Hoping sucks without joy.
If you're hoping, it means you are a have-not. And having not gets old after a while. These "whiles" have a tendency to be "good, long whiles," dragging on and on until have-nots also become hope-nots.
Unless you can joyfully long for the things for which you hope, you're going to lose your steam along the way. By the time you get the hopeful expectation and graduate from your have-not position, you're so exhausted from being so angry for being a have-not, you can't even enjoy having for the very first time.
Do yourself a favor, have-nots. Get some joyful hope.
Wait joyfully, as a mother waits for the child growing in her belly.
Your have-not hope is already yours. Enjoy every moment of waiting so your joy may be complete when at last you hold it for the first time.
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