Today's world

brutal killings
blood shed
poverty
starvation
global warming
floods
massive destruction
species extinction
theft
rape
controversial issues
malnutrition
bomb threats
scandals
death sentences
homeless people
abandoned children
abuse
depression
anger
infirmities
back stabbers
abnormalities
genetic engineering
artificial intelligence
abortions
stem cell research
selfishness
vanity
false accusations
self destruction

but in all hopelessness, there is still Hope.

As hard as it is to convince unsaved loved ones that there is Hope, what more to the disheartened ones who have lost their first love and turn their backs on the only Hope they had, worst still...when it is because of the people who have Hope that let them down/betrayed/showed no mercy in the first place.

to my Only Hope,
hear my cry...intervene...break those bondages...show Your mercy! for You are truly my Only Hope!!

God indeed hears our heart's cry...I don't think it's any coincidence that my playlist was playing this:

Be still and know that He is God
Be still and know that He is holy
Be still, O restless soul of mine
Bow before the Prince of peace
Let the noise and clamor cease
Be still

Be still and know that He is God
Be still and know that He is faithful
Consider all that He has done
Stand in awe and be amazed
And know that He will never change
Be still

Be Still, and know that He is God
Be Still, and know that He is God
Be Still, and know that He is God

Be Still; Be speechless

Be still, and know that He is God
Be still, and know that He is our Father
Come rest your head upon his breast
Listen to the rhythm of his unfailing heard of love
Beating for His little ones
Calling each of us to come
Be still, Be still