So he either forgot about Jesus in his speech here. Or never knew Him to begin with. That did help. Hope, although not as powerful as Love, is an amazing thing. Did you ever here about the experiment done with the rats and hope? An experiment was done with three rats. All three treading water until they drowned. It took around 15 mins. The next set of rats were placed in the water. Around the 15 min mark they were removed, dried off, a bit of rest, then placed back into the water to see how long they lasted again. Wonder how long?

…60 hours. Because the second set learned about hope. A possibility of rescue. A chance. So they persevered. Kept at it. All because of hope. Hope is real. Without hope, we don’t try very hard. Jesus gave us humans hope. We will be rescued. We will be saved. So to mention something like hope and especially Joy, these are the things that makes up God. Like love, these are some of the most powerful things in this universe. Things that make up what God is. Love, hope and joy. Of course love, is the greatest.