When Hope is Lost

Have you ever felt as though life has knocked the wind out of you? As though it has blindsided you and all you can do is stand there gasping for breath; paralyzed until your lungs can once more attain air? That’s exactly how I feel right now. I’ve been knocked down, torn apart, hopes crushed, dreams shattered, peace destroyed, joyfulness replaced with unending mourning, and plagued by the constant aching of loneliness. My heart is pleading before the Lord that the hope I seek will be restored… Yet I will continue to wait on the Lord. I will take courage and know that God is with me. Indeed, if I seek first his kingdom then all these things will be added to me as well… When hope is lost and all we can do is gasp for air, let us look to the Lord, for he is the author of every detail of our lives. I will trust in the Lord.