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Empty Wishes: There Is No Such Thing as Hope
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 6 2025
Pages: 106
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.25 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
We all toss around the word hope like it's confetti:
Hope you're doing well.
Hope it all works out.
Hope so.
But deep down, you know it's hollow. Hope has become our cultural bandaid-our polite way of avoiding fear, faith, or honest trust in God.
In Empty Wishes: There Is No Such Thing as Hope, the author dismantles the clichés and digs into the hard truth: wishing isn't the same as believing. And vague optimism won't hold up when life blindsides you.
With raw honesty, a sharp edge of humor, and plenty of hard-won stories, this memoir explores:
What happens when hope collapses under real pain.
Why we cling to empty phrases instead of genuine faith.
How trusting God looks different (and harder) than crossing your fingers.
This isn't another self-help pep talk. It's a call to trade shallow wishes for something solid-trust that can weather the storm.
If you're tired of empty phrases and ready for a faith that actually carries weight, Empty Wishes is your invitation to stop hoping... and start trusting.
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