Hope

Songs about Hope:

Hope by Shaggy

Hope Set High by Amy Grant

Writings From The Baha'i Faith on Hope:

"While a man is happy he may forget his God; but when grief comes and sorrows overwhelm him, then will he remember his Father who is in Heaven, and who is able to deliver him from his humiliations.
Men who suffer not, attain no perfection. The plant most pruned by the gardeners is that one which, when the summer comes, will have the most beautiful blossoms and the most abundant fruit.
The labourer cuts up the earth with his plough, and from that earth comes the rich and plentiful harvest. The more a man is chastened, the greater is the harvest of spiritual virtues shown forth by him. A soldier is no good General until he has been in the front of the fiercest battle and has received the deepest wounds."
 (Abdu'l-Baha, Paris Talks, p. 50)

"Never lose thy trust in God. Be thou ever hopeful, for the bounties of God never cease to flow upon man. If viewed from one perspective they seem to decrease, but from another they are full and complete. Man is under all conditions immersed in a sea of God's blessings. Therefore, be thou not hopeless under any circumstances, but rather be firm in thy hope."
 (Abdu'l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha, p. 205)

"Therefore strive that your actions day by day may be beautiful prayers. Turn towards God, and seek always to do that which is right and noble. Enrich the poor, raise the fallen, comfort the sorrowful, bring healing to the sick, reassure the fearful, rescue the oppressed, bring hope to the hopeless, shelter the destitute!"
 (Abdu'l-Baha, Paris Talks, p. 80)

Music Information:

"Hope" by Shaggy is on the album "Hot Shot".
"Hope Set High" by Amy Grant is on the album "Heart In Motion".


Both of these songs are available through iTunes.