March 20th – March 26th, 2025
VERSE OF THE WEEK
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise him. – Psalm 42:5
The Hope You Need
Alexander Solzhenitsyn spent part of his life in a Soviet Siberian prison. At one point, he was so weak physically and discouraged mentally that he hoped for death. He even considered if he stopped his required hard labor and just leaned on his shovel, the prison guards would kill him. But a Christian working next to him, sensing the desperation, leaned over his own shovel and drew a cross at the feet of Solzhenitsyn, erasing it before the guard could see. He would later record that was the moment he was energized. After that little reminder from his fellow believer that hope is found in Christ, he gained the courage to continue. Solzhenitsyn would write, “When hope is all there is, it is all we need.” If you are in need of hope today, come to the only One who has that hope at the ready. Be an encourager of those who are despairing by the assurance of the love of Jesus today. It may be the hope they need.
