Hopelessness is something we can never truly understand until we have experienced it ourselves. From a distance, it is very easy to judge the hopelessness of other people. Maybe it’s because we can see some things they fail to see. Maybe it’s because we believe we have faith to weather any storm.
We will only realize the true darkness of hopelessness once we encounter in ourselves. It’s like a thick shroud blocking everything from our view, suffocating us, taking away everything we hold dear. It’s like a potion that makes us forget all the good things we ever had, all the blessings we have ever received from heaven. When we arrive at that place, we can finally relate to how the Israelites felt while trapped before the Red Sea. All the miracles they have witnessed seem to have faded from their memory, replaced by a fear and a desperation that stems from not being able to see any way out.
Without God’s grace, how can we ever overcome despair? May this lesson give us humility of heart, acknowledging our own frailty, and making us avail of every God-given opportunity to cling to Him in faith. We may not be able to get out of the darkness by ourselves, but may we never turn down God’s saving power when He calls unto us and sends us hope.
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"