Hope and despair are two opposites of life. Either life is filled with hope or with despair. It is a wrong notion to say that a believer should always be hopeful. Even the strongest of believer or man/woman of God can go through times of despair. But it is in those times where hope is built afresh like a stream emerging in a desert. Author Mrs. Charles Cowman birthed a wonderful devotional book called 'Streams in the Desert', when she faced times of despair when her husband took ill and they had to return home giving up their ministry. Though their hope to do great things for God dashed, God still used those times to birth this book through Mrs.Cowman which ministered to the wounded hearts of millions of people.
Colossians 1:27 (New International Version)
To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Whatever be the cause for our despair, we need not lay buried in it for Christ in us is the hope of glory. Glory be to Him who is the sure foundation for us to hope again.
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