"But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into Him who is the head, even Christ."
Ephesians 4:15
"Hope makes it possible to look beyond the fulfillment of urgent wishes and pressing desires and offers a vision beyond human suffering and even death. . . . Hope prevents us from clinging to what we have and frees us to move away from the safe place and enter unknown and fearful territory."
Henri J. M. Nouwen, The Wounded Healer