The first goal of the devil is to try to take away our hope. You will hear his voice in your mind very often, telling you there is no hope and the future is nothing but dark and dreary. The Christians hope is in eternity, not in anything or anyone on this earth or in this life. It seems that only hope most people have is for what God will do for them here and now in this life. When circumstances are bad they lose hope. Now abideth faith, hope, and charity. What if we lost our faith like we lose our hope? What if we lost our charity like we lose our hope? The only way we get in trouble is when we get our eyes off of eternity and on the present circumstances of this world. No matter what happens in our life here on earth our hope lies beyond all this. Don't let the devil take, or hide your hope from you.