HOPE

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune--without the words,
And never stops at all,

And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.

I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.



HOPE!!! This has basically been my mantra lately. I feel like my world has just been shattered. Just repeatedly shattered, over and over, and there is nothing I can do. And I feel like a failure. I feel like no matter how hard it try there is always something waiting to shatter my world once again. But then I tell myself to HOPE. And I repeat this poem (that I have memorized), and it helps. I remind myself to hope for a better future and to have faith that it will happen. Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." GOD has a PLAN for ME!!!!! A plan for HOPE and a FUTURE!!!!! I try to remind myself of this everyday...but I am not always so good at it. I just need to keep telling myself to hope. Because it will get better. And I will be okay. I will move on. I will rebuild. And when my world shatters, I will start all over again because my Father has a plan for me. And He wouldn't allow the plan that He has for me to shatter. So, I am putting my hope in Him to show me the way to the perfect future that He has planned for me. And I will continue to remind myself everyday to hope. And to put my hope and trust in Him.

I love you Father. And I am trusting you to shatter everything that is not meant to be, and to guide me to my beautiful future.