My Endless Hope.

Right now I'm reading a book entitled, "Purpose for the Pain."

It's a book made from a real journal of a girl named Renee Yohe. I think it's probably one of the most realistic things that I've read in my whole entire life. Her story is one of addiction, cutting, and depression, but most importantly, redemption.

Her life and hope in Jesus inspires me.

Recently, I've had lots of trouble with friendships in my life and even some trouble just trying to make big decisions about my future. As I read this book, I realize more and more how evident God's hope is in my life. Renee uses Jeremiah 29:11 at the beginning of her book in the introduction, a verse I've heard many times before, but after reading some of the following pages in her book, I see just how vivid God's plan really is.

He gives us HOPE.
When everything is crashing down around us, when nothing seems to go right, when we want to ask, "Why," when we have no one else to turn to...
He IS hope.

Everyday. All day. For the rest of eternity.
He is my endless hope.

Mary-Gwen


"For you have been my hope, O Sovereign Lord, my confidence since my youth."
-Psalm 71:5

"Put your hope in the Lord, for with the Lord, there is unfailing love and with Him is full of redemption."
-Psalm 130:7

Lastly, here is one of my favorite quotes of all time, from Renee's book, "Purpose for the Pain."

"Tell them to look up, tell them to remember the stars. The stars are always there but we miss them in the clouds and dirt, we miss them in the storms. Tell them to remember hope. We have hope." -Renee Yohe