Hope is not natural — it is supernatural. Hope comes welling up from deep inside because of a belief that God is good. That He will win in the end. That there is always hope when God is present.

Women who choose hope and who choose to trust God are those who, instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.

The God-given gift of hope is the best possible medicine for any hardship in life. Hope is the physician of each misery, and God has given us this gift to heal so that we may have a future that is full of joy and light.

Do your children watch you in your tests of faith and see you walking in hope and trust as an example to them of how they will need to live their adult lives?

Read more about this in Help, I’m Drowning.