The esteemed Wall Street Journalopinion writer Peggy Noonan was asked, “Are You an Optimist?” She answered: “Optimist tend to think the right, nice thing will happen, and I don’t necessarily. But I have faith, and I have hope. Life takes guts. Don’t let all the bad news enter you and steal your peace. . . Two millennia ago, a baby was born and the whole ridiculous story – the virgin, the husband, the stable, the star – is true, and changed the world.”
If you’ve accepted God’s love and have been changed by Him, you are an optimist. Yes, if you’ve embraced His decision to send His Son to die for you, you are an optimist. If you’ve embraced His Son’s decision to give up His glory in heaven to take on human flesh so He could die for human sins, you are an optimist. If you’ve embraced the humility of His birth, which illustrates the unconditional compassion of His grace, you are an optimist. Such faith makes you an optimist because your hope is in Jesus.
Vic Alvarado 