Pray for strength, dont despair

It has been negative stories and events. There seems to be a dearth of good news. Today my dar heard about the student and then the colleague. Just gives a sense of helplessness. I know my dar is not feeling good. And I am not around again. But dar, sometimes we dont understand what is happening, and we tend to interpret things based on what we see and what we think.

It is in times of helplessness and not knowing, that it is even more important that we turn to God, to pray to him for strength. I know we are not devout catholics, and our faith is weak. But we got to trust in him. In my email today, I received a mail entitled "How can I deal with feelings of hopelessness?".

The last paragraph is worth repeating, and I hope that we do not give in to despair.

"The truth is that you will be in Babylon for seventy years. But then I will come and do for you all the good things I have promised, and I will bring you home again. For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope." Jeremiah 29:10-11 NLT

The people of Israel were going to spend a long exile away from their homeland—70 years—as God's discipline. After that, God would return them to the land. In other words, God had a plan for their future. Even the Exile, with its seeming hopelessness, was part of God's long-range plan for his people. And his plans were good. You may not have really discovered the hope that is found in God's love for you through Jesus Christ. Reject despair and seek out God's plan—and his hopes—for you.