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1 | How is hope deferred? | Prov 13:12 | Mommapbs | 112910 | ||
How is hope deferred? | ||||||
2 | How is hope deferred? | Prov 13:12 | Sharon Fanning | 112953 | ||
You can "hope" for an education, or closer to the christian walk, perhaps a specific oportunity to work for the Lord. But in this hope you procrastinate in your journey, i.e., drop out of school; fail to make your desire known about the opportunity your seeking...thus "deferring" your hope. The "Nelson Study Bible" states it beautifully, "Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life." The footnotes state: "THe tree of life...symbolizes the achievement of a deeply felt desire. It is like coming back to the Garden of Eden." The New Strongs Complete Dictionary of Bible Words says the Hebrew word for deferred is "achar (akh-ar') a prim. root to loiter (i.e. be behind) by impl. to procrastinate. That's how hope can be deferred, by putting of doing what it takes to bring to pass that which is hoped for. |
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3 | How is hope deferred? | Prov 13:12 | Mommapbs | 112956 | ||
Greetings, you have suggested that 'hope deferred' is "putting off doing what it takes to bring to pass that which is hoped for." I agree to a point with this. Isn't hope for the believer a sure thing? How do we DO anything to bring it to pass? When we receive Christ we HAVE the hope; I suspect that "hope deferred" is not living according to the hope that is in us - what we do or don't do that results in our not realizing the benefits of a life joined with Christ. These are just my thoughts, I'm still mulling this over. Blessings, mommapbs 1 Peter 1:3; Ti 3:7; 1 Tim 1:1 |
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