Generally when somebody refers to those dreaded “four-letter words” we associate them with negative four-letter words that Christian’s just don’t say. But what about love? Love, the most positively powerful four-letter word of them all, the word that destroys all of the hatred that any other four-letter word may possess.

Colossians 3:14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.

1 Corinthians 13:13 So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Which brings me to my second favorite four-letter word is hope, another positive four-letter word. Hope strengthens our walk, hope is what makes us pray, hope causes us to rejoice, and hope fills us with peace. The Bible even says it’s the power of the Holy Spirit that gives us hope

Romans 5:5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Romans 12:12 Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

Romans 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

My prayer is that when you think of four letter words, you will think of these.

(In case you were wondering, my third favorite four-letter word is food, but I don’t have any scriptures for that…