Who doesn’t need a break from the misery, anger, and hopelessness we see all around us? Too often our attempts to ignore it only show us the emptiness within us. What can we do?
Here’s how I break with sadness and despair and leave it behind. I go to the proven source of hope that has worked to empower people and fill them with inner peace for two thousand years. Yes. I turn to the risen Jesus Christ.
Feeling empty? Your heart is designed for God’s presence. Substitutes will never fully fulfill it.
Endowed With Splendor
Stir up your awareness
Of Christ in you.
Focus your attentiveness
On His living presence.
Keep Him always
In your consciousness
So that all that you
Think, say, and do
Will be led by His Spirit
Overflowing from within you
As rivers of rushing water
Empowered by His liveliness.
Don’t encase Christ
In a legal case
Or a religious place.
Behold His face
Everyplace.
You can daily experience the wonderful presence of the risen Jesus. Let Him keep your heart always overflowing with the splendor of His presence! See more of Jesus. “We look not at the things that are seen, but at the things that are unseen.” Enjoy Jesus! Let Him fill you with His glorious presence. Celebrate Christ! Praise, worship, and adore Him.
Free Gas for Your Think Tank -- Fill Your Mind and Your Heart With Hope 
It seems God has abandoned me. I struggle with depression and now hopelessness. Any time I hope a little that there may be a way forward, that little hope just gets crushed again. I think I am cursed.
Jen: You can have hope! Sometimes it comes as an instant answer to prayer, but more often it comes by seeking it over time. Start doing the things that produce hope. 1) Avoid negative people and negative media (news, movies, social media, etc.). 2) Hang out with positive people as much as you can. 3) Read positive books every day (the Bible and self-help books. 4) Search for inspiring, uplifting entertainment.
And help somebody every day. Volunteer at a homeless shelter, a youth club, a food bank, etc. Or bake cookies for a neighbor.
God will never abandon you. Jesus is with you through all…especially your suffering.
There is a YouTube site that has helped me through confusion and despair. Search for Crappy Childhood Fairy…I believe you might find some good information that will help you. I pray for your faith and hope to be increased and for your healing❤️
Bernadette
@jenkinslarry, I pray Romans 15:13 over you: “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Amen.
Thank you!!! And to you as well.