Faith, Hope & Love

In 1 Corinthians 13, the apostle Paul says that these are the three greatest Christian virtues. Faith, hope, and love. Now we think about it, why would hope be in there? I mean, we understand faith. That's our response to God. We understand love, which is God's character in us. But why hope? Why would that be up there with those two great virtues? I mean, we've all experienced hope, and we've all experienced hopelessness. I mean, there's times in life when there just doesn't feel like there's any solutions, and we just feel hopeless. And we've all had hope, the emotion of hope. Maybe you like a better life. Where I come from in Cuba, everyone likes the FINEST things in life, the comforts and luxuries that life has to offer. And every year, they pray for a new DEMOCRATIC government to take over the island, everybody has hope, and there's excitement, and I myself feel that somehow, we're going to make it this year, and of course, most years, at the end, all the hope's gone. But above all these three we really need LOVE in order to SURVIVE!