“Hope is patience with a lamp lit” Tertullian
Something stirred within my heart when I read Tertullian’s words, “Hope is patience with a lamp lit.” I felt as though I was engulfed in darkness – without any light. His words caused me to entertain the idea that, just maybe, there was a dim flicker of which I was unaware until that moment. The possibility that hope was present in the burden that plagued my soul began to dawn on me.