Hope For A COVID Ravaged Nation
“Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come,
whispering ‘it will be happier”
~ Alfred Lord Tennyson
Hope! Hope is all that we have now, in the midst of the darkest of dark times. Our nation is under siege from COVID 19. Nothing seems to make sense. Every morning we wake up to devastating news – familiar lovable people snatched away, gasping for air! Subsequently, the whole day is spent wondering who is sick or dying. Heart-rending stories going around and around. Occasionally, morbid thoughts creep in , “Who is next, hope it is not us ?” Indeed, such weird and uncanny times. The very essence of our life is unpredictably topsy turvy!
We feel like zombies. Where have our desires and dreams for the future gone? Where is our passion, our thirst for life? Will they ever return? Will we ever become normal?
Hope For Tomorrow
In all this chaos, we NEED to clutch on tightly to the one motivational force which is natural to humans- Hope. Yes, do not lose hope. Hope allows us to COPE. Hope gives us courage and strength. Hope is stronger than fear and helplessness. Don’t let it go!
Let us remember that even after the darkest hour, the sun will shine!
Rainbow Of Hope
The pain of these times will linger on, but hope will help us to heal and coerce us to look for the rainbow. Hope will compel us to look forward to the light at the end of the tunnel.
Unimaginable Pain
Hope will not be easy for grieving families who have lost their loved ones. Time will not mend broken hearts, but it teaches one to live with pain. Likewise, grief is without end and those who are left behind have no choice but to survive grief. A sad truth. But that’s life!
What about the children who are orphaned and left vulnerable, alone in this world? The COVID orphans. How do we explain to those tender hearts and make them understand? Indeed, life is unfair.
“ We got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen”~ DH Lawrence.
Stormy Days Do Not Last Forever
Every situation in life is temporary. There is a season for everything.
“To everything there is a season,
And a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die,
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance”
~ Bible
So, let us dream about the day shortly, when the sun will rise brightly and the darkness melts into the light.
At this moment, we may feel like the flame has been extinguished, but the embers still do exist. Let us rise out of the ashes with renewed hope, that all will be well soon!
A thousand ages in Thy sight
Are like an evening gone;
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.
~ Isaac Watts. English Hymn writer.
Hope For A Greiving Nation..
A Prayer
Hang in there. The darkness will give way to light .
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I am so sorry for all the loss you’re experiencing in your country right now. My heart grieves with you. Praying that many will come to know the hope found only on Jesus through this tragic time.
Thank you so very much dear Patti. Your concern means a lot to me and thank you for your prayers,we need it.Surely Jesus will carry us through this storm.
Thanks for this encouraging blog post. I pray that many people will be drawn to God during this time.
Thank you so very much. Thanks for your prayers
Praying for the people of India during this outbreak of Covid – thank you for your hope filled words
Thank you so very much Sharon.We need your prayers.