Hope in a Real God

"Isn't that an awesome story?" my friend asked, but he continued, "I don't tell it too much, because I don't want to give people hope."

"I feel that way sometimes, but I usually overcome the temptation and help people to hope anyway," I answered.

"I don't want to give people false hope."

"No.  But I think it is good to testify of what God is really like.  And God really did that.  So, even if He isn't going to do the same thing for us, we are at least hoping in the kind of God who does - and He's a God we can trust with the decision not to rescue us."

" 'Even if He does not...' like Daniel's friends said."