hope

To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul; in you I trust, O my God. Do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me. No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame, but they will be put to shame who are treacherous without excuse. Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. (Psalm 15:1-5)

Summer had come and gone....relationships--mended and broken again...hope--given and destroyed.
How's there still joy in life?
I don't have an answer.
It makes absolutely no sense to me.
And that's why I'm clinging to the only thing I know is certain, the only thing that is constant, the only relationship I can wholeheartedly rely on.
My God has never treated me badly, abandoned me, or looked down on me. When I mess up, I apologize. And He accepts my apology. Then He lovingly encourages me to repent and change my attitude. It all comes with an overwhelming flow of love and acceptance that fills my heart with hope.....that I will be ok. WE will be ok.
People...Well, people are just not the same. We have pride. And pride ruins it all.
My heart has been broken to pieces several times in the last few months.
I didn't think I could take any more pain, but I had to. And I survived. And I persevered.
I have to keep going, for when I loose hope, I loose the will to live....
There's so much to life than dwelling on the negative.
My hope is in the Lord.
It's going to be ok.
It's going to be ok...

Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. (Romans 5:3-5)