A Prayer For Hopeless Times

You, O Adonay, are good and forgiving, full of mercy toward everyone who calls out to you.

Psalm 86:5

Lord,

We have no right to be hopeless when You love us so much! We, who deserve nothing so much as what we get for our own bad decisions, we get Your mercy instead.

We should be faced with judgment, in a fair world, for each of our sins. And instead, You sent us Your Son to create Justice between us.

How can we be hopeless, then, in the face of this world and its hard truths? When all we need to do is turn to You.

Just for the crying out, You hear us, You come to us, You save us! Only for the asking, You provide for us, You protect us!

Help us to seek Your face in the face of any hopeless thought. Help us to seek Your wings, and hide under them, in the face of any earthly trouble.

You alone, Lord, make us dwell in safety.

What freedom in that Truth!

In The Holy and Righteous Name of Jesus’, Amen!