tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1038451133965473643.post734552019368289644..comments2015-02-04T17:20:39.571-07:00Comments on Salt Lake Emergent Cohort: The Hope That You HaveAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494823779999456396noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1038451133965473643.post-48189690904018387992008-06-17T17:03:00.000-06:002008-06-17T17:03:00.000-06:00That was Neil A MaxwellThat was Neil A MaxwellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1038451133965473643.post-70489373968019766822008-06-17T17:02:00.000-06:002008-06-17T17:02:00.000-06:00Nice post Andy and nice walk. Thank you for your ...Nice post Andy and nice walk. Thank you for your friendship and example. I found this cool quote on hope that I thought you would like. Kory <BR/><BR/>"Without hope, what is the future of lubricating forgiveness among the human family? Without hope, why forgo now in order to preserve precious resources for future generations? Without hope, what will keep the remaining idealism from also souring into cynicism and thereby laying waste to governments and families-institutions already in such serious jeopardy?<BR/><BR/>"A coalition of consequences is emerging. As prophesied, the love of many waxes cold (see Matt. 24:12). Even those affectionately secure [in] themselves can sense the chill in the air. The loss of hope sends selfishness surging, as many turn, even more intensively, to pleasing themselves. The diminished sense of sin diminishes shame, that hot, sharp spur needed for repentance. Shame is often replaced by the arrogance of those morally adrift, including strutting celebrities whose outer boldness camouflages their inner emptiness. Henry David Thoreau correctly observed that "unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusement of mankind" (Walden, New York: Harper and Row, 1965, p. 7). No wonder so much hollow laughter emanates from the "lonely crowd." Brightness of Hope, Ensign, Nov 1994, p. 34Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com