Trust: 1. reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence. 2. confident expectation of something; hope. 3. confidence in the certainty of future payment for property or goods received; credit: to sell merchandise on trust. 4. a person on whom or thing on which one relies: God is my trust. 5. the condition of one to whom something has been entrusted.

Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;  Trusting God can be challenging at times in our life.  Because of the things that we go through we sometimes feel that God is not helping us or getting us out of the storms that we go through daily.  We tend to blame ourselves or others for the issues at hand in our life.  We sometimes take it out on those we love the most like family and friends.  We sometimes say, "Why Me Lord".

Have you asked yourself this question? Why not you?  Sometime God is allowing us to go through to strengthen us where we are weak.  You have to go through something to get something.  Your blessing is right around the corner.  Don't give up at the finish line.  Don't give up on God.  He is always there.  Psalm 37:25 states I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.  God will always be there to help us and get us out as long as we have the faith and believe.  If God will bless you and you don't know him, just think what he will do it you do know him.

Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. He will get you through those hard time.  Keep believing, keep trusting and keep praying.

1Peter 5:7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

Hope: 1. the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best: to give up hope. 2. a particular instance of this feeling: the hope of winning. 3. grounds for this feeling in a particular instance: There is little or no hope of his recovery. 4. a person or thing in which expectations are centered: The medicine was her last hope. 5. something that is hoped for: Her forgiveness is my constant hope.

Hope in many ways keep us pushing forward.  Without hope there is no dream!  I think well all need a little hope in our lives.  Just a little hope can keep someones mind from snapping, someones blood pressure from topping, someones job from ending, someones stress leveled, someones child, wife, husband, parents or family member safe.  Someones life from ending and someones career beginning.

Hope in many ways is like faith.  You need them both to survive.  Hard-times can make you think all hope is gone.  But think of hardtimes as a step closer to your Blessing.  When your mind in focused on hope there is no room for doubt. Remember the mind is powerful.  The enemy will try to take the mind out first, then he knows the body is next.  We have to fight harder and say to ourselves I HAVE HOPE!  I WILL MAKE IT!  Keep speaking these things until something happens.  Faith and Hope will prevail.

Psalm 31:24  Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord.