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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 1 – Beginner)
Topic: Hope (05/04/06)
Hope is a desire. Hope can cause you or me to fall short. Hope comes from individuals and individuals are not perfect.

Faith is what we need. Faith is having confidence and trust in God.

Today, I have hope that my parents will extend a relationship with me. We talk, but not like families do. We talk as though we are only acquaintances.

I can only have hope in my parents, because my parents are only human.

I can have continued faith in God, because he knows my desire, and He will provide for me. He has already taken away my hurt and emptiness.

God cannot and will not give us all our heart’s desires, but He will never let us down.

We do not need all our desires. We may think we do at the time, but having faith in God and accepting what He gives us, will fulfill us.

We should take joy in what we have.

God may not supply us with all our hopes, but He will provide us with all our needs.

Please do not misunderstand - hope can be both a positive and negative desire.

Hope shows our love for someone and tells him or her we believe in them.

Having hope in him or her sometimes is all they need.

Hope is a loved one, a friend, or an acquaintance.

Faith is not letting our hopes bring us down but lifting them up!
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Helen Paynter
05/13/06
A well thought out piece. I liked the example of your parents, but wonder if you could have extended that to make more of your point within the example. Does that make sense?
Good stuff
Brandi Roberts
05/14/06
A lot of good stuff in here. Watch your POV (I, you, he-type things) and maybe stretch it out into something longer. :) Good job otherwise!
Dr. Sharon Schuetz
05/14/06
You had several good points here. Each one could make a whole paragraph.
Val Clark
05/17/06
Sure you could expand this but would that change your original intention? I like the way you make your point without preaching or letting yourself get in the way, leaving it to the reader to make their own conclusions. Please continue to be honest and vulnerable in what you write, this is the way to healing for both you and your reader.