Examples exist around us of hopelessness, broadly in the despair of our world and specifically within our own lives.  We begin to lose hope.  Hope is the expectation of what is possible in the future.  We reflect on the past year, or years, identifying the highs and lows, the joy and grief, and the moments of hope and hopelessness.  The Psalms provide examples of hopelessness, despair, disappointment, and of where we find our hope.  Our hope is in God.  Our hope is in the steadfast love of God.  God is the hope of something bigger.  Within the words of the book of Romans, we are reminded that nothing separates us from the love of God.  Hope is something bigger than. 

Scripture - Psalms 33:20-22; Romans 8:24-27, 35-39