13 Now these three remain: faith, hope, and love—but the greatest of these is love. (1 Corinthians 13:13 CSB)

As we move toward the holiday season, especially this year, some may be struggling. This has been a rough year. I have often wondered how my father, who lived through the Great Depression, would view this year.

However, no matter how bad it has been, we cannot lose sight of today’s scripture. Faith, Hope and Love exist no matter what, and each provide for the other.

Our Faith is our Hope, and Love comes from this hope.

I know that when times are hard it is easy to lose hope. But this happens when our hope is misfocused. When it is based upon something earthly. Earthly things will always fail us.

When our hope is drive from our faith in a good and gracious God above who loves us unconditionally, here is where true and lasting hope is found.