Hope

I want to stop hoping,

I desire to give in,

I yearn to give up,

will I ever win?

The path is dark,

the way looks bleak,

I don't want to hope,

my heart is oh so weak.

It's not going my way,

I can not see the light,

"abandon all hope" I cry,

it just won't make things right.

I try to stop hoping,

but then I hear,

a still, quiet voice

telling me to draw near.

"It's in this dark,

this hopeless state

you'll look to Me

and learn to wait

hope is not for the sunny days

when all is looking clear

it's for those stormy times

when you really just need Me near."

I no longer hate this hoping

I no longer want to quit

instead I hope in Jesus

and with Him I calmly sit.

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