I have been observing that there seems to
be a sudden surge of utter despair overcoming people. This life is full of ups and downs. Living this life carries with it the promise
that not only will we face joys but that we will also face great sorrows. It seems to me too many people are being tempted
to give up in total hopelessness rather than endure and push through with
perseverance. It truly breaks my heart. As all these things happen,
I am reminded of something I wrote a long time ago and eventually posted on this
site in the post God is Hope.
I am currently 44 years old. I have faced my share of joys and
sorrows. I’ve had my share of trials and
sufferings—as a child, as a youth, as a young adult, and as a full grown adult. I have faced the death of loved ones. I have faced the heartache of being forsaken
and abandoned by those who had previously claimed to love me. I have felt the bitter sting of hatred from
those I love deeply. Some of the trials have
certainly felt like much more than I wanted to endure or felt like I could
endure. Some of the trials lasted a
short time (days or months) while others went on for years, which felt to me
like an eternity. During some of those
trials, I was tempted to give up all hope and despair completely. My spiritual enemy and adversary of God, the devil,
lied to me and tried to convince me to give up hope and to give up my faith in
God. There were times when the spiritual
enemy even tried to convince me that death was better than life.
Who brings utter despair knocking on the
door of our soul?
