Genuine Hope

Genuine hope
Is urgently needed
Lest love wax cold
Impatiently cheated

When trials furrow
Shall hearts wax cold?
Faith that's thorough
Sees beyond life's hold



Genuine Hope Is Needed



“Genuine hope is urgently needed in order to be more loving even as the love of many waxes cold; more merciful, even when misunderstood or misrepresented; more holy, even as the world ripens in iniquity; more courteous and patient in a coarsening and curt world; and more full of heartfelt hope, even when other men’s hearts fail them. Whatever our particular furrow, we are to ‘plow in hope,’ without looking back or letting yesterday hold tomorrow hostage (1 Cor. 9:10).”
Neal A. Maxwell, "Brightness of Hope,"Ensign, Nov. 1994, 3