Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year

 

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"I have come to the conclusion

that there are some things

only God can teach a person,

and His lessons come in the form

of personalized life experiences."

— Richelle E. Goodrich

Click below to sample monthly quotes from the book.

January

February

March

Copyright 2024 Richelle E. Goodrich

January

 

— Hope —

 

 

January 1st

All you can do is start where you are.

But you can start—right here, right now.

You absolutely can.

 

January 2nd

I have great hopes which I must feed by doing all I can.

For hopes shape my reality when fed by work and plans.

 

January 3rd

Hope cannot accomplish much if you sit around and do nothing but dream. In the same vein, just going through the motions does very little if you have abandoned all hope.

 

January 4th

This is your present, not your past.

You live in the present, not the past.

What matters is the present, not the past.

 

January 5th

God is your Heavenly Father, the father of your spirit. How can you not be important to Him? How can you not have amazing potential with a lineage like that? Don’t give up, have hope. Believe in who you are: a child of a living God.

 

January 6th

Have hope.

Trust in the Lord.

Know He can do all things.

Exercise faith in God’s timing.

Believe.

 

January 7th

I hoped for a rose and got lilies.

I hoped for the sun and got rain.

I hoped for a cat and got puppies.

I hoped for Brazil and got Spain.

  

I hoped for a raise and got transferred.

I hoped for northwest and got south.

I hoped for ice cream and got yogurt.

I hoped for a kiss on the mouth.

   

I hoped for more time and got late fees.

I hoped for a cruise, got a flight.

I hoped for Poseidon, got Hades.

I hoped for long days over nights.

    

You may wonder why I keep hoping,

As fruitless as it seems to be.

But hope is a bow, not an arrow.

Its release depends much upon me.

 

January 8th

Sometimes you have to look at the sunny side of the problem. Though, you might ask, is there always a sunny side? Maybe not. Or maybe it just reveals itself a little further down the road when our perspective broadens enough to see the whole picture.

 

January 9th

The difference between hope and no hope is the difference between light and no light. It is the difference between dreams and no dreams, ambition and no ambition, joy and no joy, peace and no peace, tomorrow and no tomorrow.

 

January 10th

Hope is the reason we hang on until tomorrow. Without hope, there would be no tomorrow… or at any rate, there would be no purpose for it.

 

January 11th

What gives us hope is believing in the possibility of something. Even the slightest, minute possibility is enough to keep hope alive, and with it, our strength to hold on.

 

January 12th

Hope is a force that keeps us going, trying, reaching, and breathing. It is a fire in the soul that, if kept burning, will sustain us against all odds.

 

January 13th

This is hope: knowing God is aware of answers and options you do not presently see.

 

January 14th

Hope is like a spotlight that illuminates possibilities, making them stand out when they might not otherwise.

February

Copyright 2024 Richelle E. Goodrich

February

 

— Love —

 

 

February 1st

Show Love.

Give from your heart.

Mourn with those who suffer.

Joy with those who try and triumph.

Care more.

 

February 2nd

Love is more intentional goodwill than blissful appeal.

 

February 3rd

Forcefulness is not love. Forget trying to force people into submission and instead try informing and educating as a means of gaining voluntary compliance. Never deny individual agency; it only creates resentment, defensiveness, and resistance. Education, on the other hand, creates wisdom that opens ears and hearts and minds. No one responds as favorably to demands as they do to informed requests.

 

February 4th

To be recognized, understood, valued, and loved: these are the riches every human heart longs to acquire.

 

February 5th

It may look crazy to you, but if you had traveled another’s road in their shoes, you would see and understand the underlying sanity in their actions. This is why we should love more and judge less.

 

February 6th

Individuals can hold differing beliefs and still be friends. They can keep opposing opinions and still love each other dearly. Believe me, my family and I do not share all the same views or beliefs, yet I love them more than life.

February 7th

Love is that soft, pleasing creature that contentedly purrs as it burrows deep into the heart to make a warm and permanent home.

 

February 8th

My job is to love you, pray for you, support and encourage you. Your job is to solve your own problems and choose your own happiness.

 

February 9th

Honesty amounts to cruelty if it is not delivered with loving kindness. Keep this in mind the next time you are “just being honest.”

 

February 10th

Our feelings need validation. When we dare to share our true feelings, what we seek is validation and support. Not criticism. Not correction. Not solutions. What we need is to be heard, understood, and validated. Remember this when someone speaks openly with you. Validation is a profound form of love.

 

February 11th

Death may hide you from my sight for a time, and even steal you from my arms, but it cannot remove you from my heart. Never ever from my heart. Love has engraved your image there.

 

February 12th

God loves you. He has not abandoned you. Pray, repent, study the scriptures, keep the commandments, and have faith that answers will come in God’s timing. They will. He loves you.

 

February 13th

It may take a lifetime to understand what it means to love unreservedly. It may take a lifetime to learn the basic truths God wants us to know. Don’t fret it. That is the purpose of life.

 

February 14th

I want you to know how profusely I love you, yet my unskilled tongue struggles to form phrases adequate enough to convey how I feel. To simply say “I love you” seems ever so trite and lacking, while “I need you” reeks of sordid desperation.

But if my actions toward you were translated into parallel utterances, my every gesture would sing a poetic love song, my deeds would orate sure declarations of affection, and my kindness would articulate bold sincerity capable of convincing your tender heart that my love is both true and absolute.

So please, darling, hear me when I hold your hand and when I help you stand and when I shine a warm smile upon your eyes. Hear how my conduct cries “I love you!”

March 

Copyright 2024 Richelle E. Goodrich

March

 

— Faith —

 

March 1st

God is there. He is our Heavenly Father. He is the source of all truth. He is the determining judge between right and wrong. He lives. As assuredly as the universe exists, He lives.

 

March 2nd

God does sit beside us and walk with us and even cry with us on occasion. Sometimes, He laughs with us too.

 

March 3rd

I do not know all things. I might not believe some things. But I know what my mom believes; I have heard her testimony. I know her faith, and that has fed my faith on many grim occasions. Sometimes we do well to lean on the faith of others to pull us through until our own faith increases enough to sustain us.

March 4th

As you come to know God, you will feel a peaceful stillness settle into your heart. You will understand that this challenging earth-life was designed with significant purpose and meaning. You will start to see a divine hand at work in your life, imparting personalized tender mercies, especially during harsher trials. You will come to realize that you are not, nor have you ever been, left alone. As you come to know God, you will learn that you can trust Him.

 

March 5th

Within the blinding mists it is hard to seek out any source of light. But there is absolutely light to be found; otherwise, you would not be seeing mist.

 

March 6th

If faith without works is dead, then in the same vein, compassion without action is dead, and concern without voice is also dead.

 

March 7th

It may take fifteen, twenty, thirty years to reach the year that changes your life. Have faith. Be patient. Because the lessons learned during those trying years will prepare you for the year that changes everything.

 

March 8th

You are a child of God. Whether or not you choose to accept your parentage will not change the fact that you have divinity in your bloodline.

 

March 9th

If God says “This is the way you should live your life” then this is the way we should live our lives. The only road that leads to lasting joy and genuine happiness is the road that God has paved. It is a straight and narrow path. Have faith enough to stay the course.

 

March 10th

Have faith

in God alone.

Don’t doubt, fear, or falter,

but bend to His will and power.

Trust Him.

 

March 11th

I believe in God.

I talk to him in my earnest prayers, sharing my personal thoughts and desires. I hear Him when I study and ponder His words in the scriptures. I recognize Him through the calm, peaceful, warm influence of the Holy Spirit. I see His hand in my life as I acknowledge answers to my prayers and the receiving of blessings, tender mercies, and miracles. I experience God’s hand in my life, and so I believe in Him.

 

March 12th

Whether you succeed or fail is largely determined by whether you believe or doubt. It is called faith, and it is a real power.

 

March 13th

If miracles are no more, it is because faith is no more. Faith brings about miracles, not the other way around.

March 14th

The world can be convincing, but the world’s teachings are not always in alignment with God’s teachings. I want my life to align with God’s, so I read His word and follow the direction of His prophets, even when the world strongly disagrees.

 

 

Copyright 2024 Richelle E. Goodrich