Hope against hope

There is a lot of pain and suffering in our world. 

I just read the quote from another writer's blog, taken from the movie Princess Bride,

"Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something." 

We're all hiding and holding on to something. 

I realize the hurt and need especially this time of year. 

Loneliness lingers and depression sinks in, leaving the feeling and thought of hopelessness.

Whatever hopeless situation you're facing, I invite you to "hope against hope". 

It’s to “hope against hope,” like Mary did at the Cross, believing in the impossible, namely, that God could raise Jesus from the dead. It’s to “hope against hope” in our daily lives, when all is darkness and we’re tempted to disbelieve in God’s loving presence in our lives, tempted to doubt that “all things work together for good to those who love God (Rom 8:28). It’s to praise and thank God in all circumstances, because while we may not always understand his ways, “we know and believe the love God has for us” (1 Jn 4:16).

-(33 Days to Merciful Love by Fr. Michael E. Gaitley)

Choose to be hopeful this Advent season! 

Hopeful in search of the baby King! 

Hope against hope!