Want to take a fun little quiz? Each of the five quotes below is inspired by a Scripture. Can you figure out which verse?:
1. Love shared is love squared.
2. Turn gloom into blooms.
3. Let your inner child out to play.
4. The loveliest accessory a woman can have is a good friend.
5. If I Google kindness, I find you.
A couple of years ago when I came to Guideposts the first thing I did was talk to our readers about what the magazine meant to them.
“I always pass my copies along,” they said. Or “I give gift subscriptions of the magazine. It’s a great way to share my faith.”
But could there be another way Guideposts could help customers to share their faith?
That’s where these quotes come in. A team of us pictured a girl with a bright spirit and a knack for putting Scripture verses into her own playful, contemporary idiom. Her name is Hope, her quotes “Hope-isms.” We’ve put them on mugs, tote bags, journals, T-shirts, cards—a whole line of inspirational gifts called Hope Springs. We think you’ll love it!
I tested out one of our Hope Springs T-shirts on a fifth-grade school teacher. “That would be perfect to wear to school!” she exclaimed.
Every Hope-ism is inspired by the Bible. Of course, our real hope is that they will inspire you and then inspire you to inspire others.
Figure out the verses yet? Here are the answers:
1. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another (John 13:35).
2. The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose (Isaiah 35:1).
3. Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for believers in speech, in love, in faith and in purity (1 Timothy 4:12).
4. The heartfelt counsel of a friend is as sweet as perfume and incense (Proverbs 27:9).
5. May the Lord reward you for your kindness (Ruth 1:8).
Find even more Hope-isms and all kinds of fun ways to share them at hopespringshere.com.
