Hope is so junior high-- so ungainly, so mixed with the
child and the adult, the anticipation and the fear. Hope feels awkward and
sweet. Hope scares me.
I try to neutralize Hope so that I’m not disappointed.
Indifference, or better yet, straight-up pessimism keeps me composed when
something goes the opposite way than I hoped. Indifference is so high school;
you’ve figured out the sad ways of the world. Indifference is, well, cool.
I’m learning that there isn’t any room for indifference,
pessimism, or fatalism within a proper Christian vision of reality. Instead, we live and love in hope.
Hope is not resigned. Hope is not fatalistic. Hope says that
ultimately the Judge and King of all will make all things right. Since this is our
crowning hope, we have no ground for fatalism and pessimism in anything. We
have no right to say, ‘Well, this is just the way the world is, so deal with
it.” Instead, we have delight and disappointment side by side, both equally
possible and both equally to be brought before the King.
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