Lord, I don’t know how much longer I can carry on. It’s so dark around me and within me. It’s as though the very air I breathe is suffocating me and I am terrified that I will completely lose my way.
You know, O Lord, that I am barely holding on. My heart feels empty, and my soul is dry. I’m clinging to the very last thread of hope!
Please, Lord, come rescue me quickly before I fall into utter despair! Everything is so overwhelming and I can see no help or comfort anywhere. It’s very painful just to go on that I don’t know how much longer I can endure it.
Reach out your strong and loving hand, pull me out of this pit I’m in. Draw me close to you, Lord where I can catch a glimpse of light once again.
You are my refuge, and my faithful Friend. Dear Jesus, embrace me in the warmth of your love and never let me go. Lead me and sustain me. For there is nothing impossible with Your power and love. Amen.
“My wanderings you have noted;
are my tears not stored in your flask,
recorded in your book?”
-Psalm 56:9 (NABRE)
“Be at peace, then, put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginations, and say continually: ‘The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart has trusted in Him and I am helped. He is not only with me but in me and I in Him.’”
– Saint Francis de Sales
May the above prayer help bring you out of despair as it leads you toward the light of hope!
Just a Little Light
Just a little light to find my way
A little light before the day
Through that crooked path as I walk
Through that dark night so cold.
Let me have a little hope
Let me see some stars
And no matter how frightening
The wind may howl,
Somehow I’d know
You’re never far.
I will look for that little light
A spark that flickers in the dark
It’ll be enough to guide my path
It’ll be enough to warm my heart.
You may want to download the book “Like Fireflies in the Rain”.
This is a collection of some of my most inspiring poems for those in despair. I have written many of them when I needed to endure the most painful moments, times when I had been grateful for the smallest ray of light I could find. I hope that like little fireflies that shine in the night, they also help you in your darkest hours. As you walk in the rain, all drenched and cold, may you find little sparks of hope to carry you through.
The thing about hope is that it’s a positive force that shines the most when it’s dark. When everything’s going well, we hardly notice it’s there. But when things go against us, when our dreams fade and when we see no immediate reprieve from our troubles, that’s when hope does its best work for us.
"Where Hope Can Be Found"