With all of this stay at home business, we’ve been hiking the mountains when we need a break from work at home. Most of the time, we compete for who can find the most lost golf balls along a closed golf course. Sometimes we go off the path, venturing down a ravine. Which, of course, results in a big climb up the mountain, bushwhacking our way through the trees. But it’s always a good time to talk about what’s happening in the world.
As the new coronavirus set foot in the United States, the media began clamoring that President Trump was giving us false hope when he encouraged scientists to look at antiviral drugs, antimalaria drugs, or UV light to help fight this virus.
I thought about it. And I have to conclude that there is no such thing as false hope. The media is mixing words that do not go together. That phrase fits right in there with the truth and error verbiage used by the devil himself. The phrase “false hope” is like saying “false truth” because hope is a truth. Hope is real and points to a desire that may or may not result in what you had hoped for.
Faith, hope, and charity are often linked together. But never false hope. That’s because hope is always connected to faith. Both are truths. There’s no such thing as false hope, and there’s no such thing as a false faith. Faith is real. Faith is power. Whether it is used for good or evil. If you could have false hope, you could also have true hope. But hope stands without an adjective — when you hope for something, you exercise your faith, not knowing the answer or the result.
But many people discount anything they cannot see with their eyes. They don’t even understand hope and faith. I can hardly grasp the meaning even after studying about it. Plus, some people just like to spout off without searching for things, and definitely without faith.
Hope is optimism, desire, aspiration, wish. And as for me, I believe in hope. It’s a good thing when people seek to solve problems, having hope that they will find an answer.
