It Would Be Easy To Despair...or Hope's Great Counterclaim

For today's prompt, write a pessimistic poem.***I shared the verse below on yesterday's post I am sharing it again today because it feltlike a divine reminder when I needed it most! Psalm 116:13I will lift up the cup of salvationand call on the name of the Lord.(read the whole glorious chapter ) Sometimes I forget...The cup of salvation and the name of the Lordsupply every need!Hallelujah and thank-you, dear Savior! Sometimes I forget, happiness in this worldis not the end goal!(But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you-Matt.6:33) (dear readers, not from this community.I am mourning the loss of a neighbour and friend,a mother to three children, very dear to my heartand who still visit on a let's-go-for-a-walk-to-Janet-whim💓bearing gifts of farm fresh eggs, cheese, fresh cookies, etc.and always so much love.) ,but through Christ, we have Hope's great counterclaim to despair! Sharing a few recent YouTube uploads to cheer us on It would be easy to despairTo be crushed beneath weight of careWhere the world at large has gone madTesting the quests that make us glad It would be easy to lose sightOf faith's position of delightIf we fixate on what we seeOf suffering's great misery It would be easy to fall preyTo gloom and doom's cheerless dismayIt seems like Satan's bag of tricksHas left a world no one can fix It would be easy to believeThe one whose hate aims to deceiveTo plant a seed of doubt, to lureUs from God's promises secure It would be easy to lose heartAs we watch the world fall apartBecause of the rejection ofGod's Cornerstone of Truth and Love It would be easy to give inCrushed by consequences of sinWithout salvation's brimming cupIt would be easy to give up ...ah, here we find Hope's Deathless RoseSalvation's cup still overflowsRedemption's flood still runs betweenThe part we see and the Unseen For this is not the DestinyThis is The Joy that Waits To BeLift up your eyes, behold the YetThat we are so prone to forget Remember, God is good and kindHe opens eyes, otherwise blindDo not lose heart, do not despairTime, but the path we pave/brave with prayer © Janet Martin 2 Pet. 1:3-4His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.  Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. Matthew 5:11-12Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. 12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. Ps.122:1I was glad when they said to me,“Let us go into the house of the LORD.” John 15:9-11As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.  I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.