Your grip on hope is slipping.  You feel like the rope you've been holding onto since this battle with the enemy began is slowly sliding through your fingers.  Your hands are burning, cramping.  You're down to the final few loose threads.  You're squeezing the life out of the fraying, lifeless rope.

Let go.
Did you hear that?
Let go!

 

You won't fall into oblivion or hellish chaos.  You'll fall where you've been all along, even while tenaciously clutching your rope.

You'll fall into Jesus' arms.
     Into his love and protection.
          Into his care for you and your future.

You do have a future, you know.  It may not look exactly like the future you were envisioning.  It may include more suffering and pain.  It may include more years… or fewer.

But it's exactly the future God planned for you from the beginning.  He knows your life better than you.  He knows your struggles better than you.  He knows everything better than you.

You may be mystified by what is happening inside your heart; bewildered by the decisions that need to be made; unsure of what tomorrow will bring.

But NEVER forget… YOU HAVE HOPE.

Instead of a weak and raveling rope, hang on to your Creator, the source of your hope.  He's got you and your future in his very skilled hands.