When You Find You’re Afraid to Hope

When life has dealt one brutal blow after the next, after still the next, and circumstances might finally be looking up a bit but you’re afraid for them to, because the next blow will almost certainly follow—be kind to yourself.

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Don’t get down on yourself when you find you’re afraid to hope. Your Maker knows your frame, and he is so gentle. Rather than muscling your way to a labored faith for better things, lean your life into his love and let his tenderness gradually heal you toward remembering how to hope again. <3