Hope is defined as that which is desired is also possible. 

Hope is a rope, tie a weight on the end, and it becomes an anchor. 

Hope is the seed, that makes things grow. 

Hope is the possibility that brings new beginnings. 

Hope contains the power that brings possibility to life.

My "One Word" this year is It is a picture of certainty or hope. It is the word "plumbline".  A plumbline is described as a rope with a weight on the end. The word "hope" in the original language of scripture is a cord or rope, or an anchor. 

A plumbline is also a building tool that measures uprightness, and assures certainty. It not only makes sure that what is being built is straight, but it also assures that the thing being built is an exact copy or manifestation of that which in called for in the blueprint, or plan. It brings the plan into reality.  

I can always find something to worry about, but recently I realized that I needed to put more certainty in God's ability to turn evil into good than I do that something will go wrong.  I needed to put more certainty and faith in Him than I do in the certainty things will never change. 

God's word can serve as an anchor. An anchor can hold a ship in place when it's going through a storm. The larger the storm, the bigger your anchor has to be. God's Word carries a lot of weight, or certainty, something you can hang on to, or depend on. It is our attachment to God. He is always for us. 

Hebrews 6:19-20 tells us that, "We have this hope, as an anchor of the soul, firm and secure. It enters the sanctuary behind the curtain (of the Holy of Holies, into God's presence) where our forerunner, Jesus has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever..."

Hebrews 11:1 says, "Now faith is the confidence (certainty) of things hoped for, and the assurance of things we do not see." Even right "now" long before we see the reality we must trust in God with certainty that what is desired is also possible. 

"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope."