I am going to Soldotna,Alaska to go Salmon fishing in the Kenai River the 13 to 23rd of July. I am going to be taking my grandson Josiah with me this Year. I have been thinking about the trip non stop for the last couple of weeks. When we get just a month from the trip I will be worthless for much of anything else. A strong anticipation of a future event is the definition of hope. I am confident of heaven and think about the glory of being there more and more. I am pretty sure heaven is going to be better than Soldotna. The stronger hope is the less the trials in the present bother you, and in fact the trials of the present make the object of our hope that much more desirable.