...and make the Valley of Achor

          a door of hope.

                 Hosea 2. 15

(Achor literally means "trouble."

Even there,

even then,

God turns right side up

what only appears to be impossible.

Out of the darkest despair,

God redeems and restores,

     beyond what we can imagine.

The world sees hope

         as wishful thinking.

In the Bible,

    hope is that on which

    you can stake your life).