Joy in the Journey

I've recently realized/remembered that I have something very special at my disposal, the ability to hope. To hope that things will get better, to hope that everything will be okay, to hope that my heart will heal. Right now I'm hoping for several things...One, the ability to be okay again, to be able to smile and laugh again. Two, that this experience will strengthen my testimony further & prove to me that I was & am doing the right thing. Three, the most important, I'm hoping for hope; that as I feel hopeless, alone, scared, and lonely, that I will be able to find that little place inside of me where hope hides and dwell upon it. Recently, through a lot of prayer, I have come to find these scriptures that have helped me to remember that my Savior has not left me to struggle alone: Joshua 1:9, Psalms 31:24, Hebrews 10:23, Proverbs 3:5-6, and D&C 24:8.

This is a project called Hope Search. These women have created a wonderful work, that helped inspire me to write this today.

And this is Jessica Frech (mentioned in previous posts). This is her song called Hoping Against Hope, I love it. For those of you who don't quite understand what hoping against hope means (because I sure didn't), I did the research for you. Hoping against hope: to hope when even a situation is hopeless. Hope even when one is abandoned by hope. See Romans 4:18.

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf gave a wonderful talk on hope, that can be read here. This Mormon Message outlines his thoughts.

So here's to hoping for hope, as well as hoping against hope. Because everyone needs some hope in their lives. I'm so thankful for the people in my life who have taught me how to hope. They have given me one of the most important gifts of my life. So I hope that you find joy in your journey as I try to seek it in mine.