If we simply allow our circumstances to dictate our life, then we are most likely going to have a pretty rough life. Hope, like Joy, is a choice. Hope, like Joy, is an attitude. We choose to have hope and when we have hope, we are more likely to have peace. And when we have peace, we will more likely have joy and joy wins every time. Joy is undefeated.
Lord, help me to have hope more so that I avoid being hopeless.