May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Romans 15:13 Revised Standard Version (RSV)
It’s hard isn’t it, to keep being joyful and feeling peace, when the world around us seems to suggest there’s no hope.
During times of distress or difficulty, it can be so hard to keep believing that there is hope for our future, and can be even more difficult to believe that God is still with us when it feels like he’s ignoring our requests and our prayers.
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