"...living hope..." My living hope is not restricted to the salvation I received the day I said 'Yes' to Jesus. This living hope must invade every aspect of my life, wrapping itself around every trial and testing in which I find myself. This 'living hope" is what I cling to as God leads me through the fire.

Sometimes I embrace this hope with no struggle to hang on. Sometimes my grips loosens... and it's all I can do to embrace it once again. But it is still a living hope that can (and will) actively pursue me so that my faith is proved genuine.

1 Peter 1:3-7