Hope is one of the necessary ingredients for human life. The Bible is a book of hope. It comes from the God of hope.

An English writer called hope the "Nerve of Life." Everyone knows something of the hurt of a lost hope. To lose hope is to lose heart and to lose our nerve. Nothing seems to rob us of hope as does death.

Visitors to the Fiji Islands tell of a strange custom. It is known as "calling to the dead." The one who has suffered bereavement climbs to a high tree or a cliff, calls out the name of the deceased, and then cries out pathetically, "Come back! Come back!" But there is no answer.

Nothing robs us of our hope as does death. We grieve the loss of a loved one. Nothing is more natural than that. However, if our faith lies in the God of hope, our sorrow will not steal hope from…