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Hope and Faith
THIS ADVENT, MY HOPE LEADS ME TO UNWAVERING FAITH IN GOD.
My belief in goodness—of the world, others, myself, and God—begins with hope. Maybe hope is all I can muster after a period of doubt or disappointment. As I feel hopeful, I begin to believe that new possibilities and better outcomes are available to me.

My hopeful feelings lead to faith, a certainty that the goodness I could only sense before is the actual nature of life. With faith, I now direct my thoughts toward goodness, wholeness, and my heart’s desires.

With gratitude for my awakening, I use faith to dismantle doubt and limitation. I hold only the best thoughts for myself.

I know and feel in the depths of my soul that the good I desire is already mine. With unwavering faith and deep gratitude I claim it now.

For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from him.—Psalm 62:5