But this I call to mind,

          and therefore I have hope:

The steadfast love of the LORD

                          never ceases;

His mercies never come to an end;

they are new every morning;

great is Your faithfulness.

                         Lamentations 3. 21-23

(Hope in the Bible

is not wishful thinking

            as the world proposes,

but the reality of God

on which you can stake your life.)