Hopeless or Hopeful?
by Barbara Philbrook

Is life hopeless or hopeful for you today?
that is something over which only you have the say.

No person nor thing controls how life appears to you,
it is you who is in charge of your personal view.

There is some good and bad in each and every day,
we choose what to keep and what to throw away.

We can either listen or send a story teller away,
it is up to us to offer everything to God as we pray.

Each of us must decide on what we wish to dwell,
on what are to keep to ourselves and what to retell.

It is our decision to be led by the Holy Spirit,
or we can ignore Him and pretend we didn't hear it.

We can seek guidance as we have been instructed to do,
or we can try to succeed by our own sinful view.

Is life hopeless or hopeful that depends on your perspective,
you can know the answer without being a detective.

You can ask your creator, He's waiting for your call,
anxiously awaiting to hear from one and all.

Look in Matthew 17:20. Hopelessness is nil you'll see,
for Jesus said by faith nothing shall be impossible to me.

God does not will that even one would fail,
so call on Him now and you will definitely prevail.

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