Mommy Needs Jesus

What is hope? I believe it is essential to living a life of meaning and purpose. Without it, we slowly give up. We surrender, convinced that we or our situation are too far gone. When hope fades, despair quietly moves in.

The first time I listened to the song Desperate by Jamie MacDonald, one line came stopped me in my tracks:

“I prayed all the prayers I can pray,
But I won’t stop knocking ’til You open the door.”

Those words immediately brought me to Matthew 7:7:
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”
This verse is an invitation to hope. A reminder that we are encouraged to keep coming to God, even when answers feel delayed.

Psalm 121:1–2 echoes that same reassurance:

“I lift up my eyes to the hills.
From where does my help come?
My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.”

We cannot outrun God. He will not let us. We are His. Like a loving parent watching children on the playground, He gives us room to move and explore, but when darkness approaches, He gently gathers us close and brings us home.

Recently, two conversations stood out to me. One was with a friend as I shared about a physical challenge I was facing. In the middle of the conversation, she said something simple yet powerful: “The good news is it’s never too late to reverse that.” Those words lingered with me.

Not long after, a friend shared something very different. With honesty and heaviness, she said, “It’s too late for me. I’m too far gone.”

Two people I love. Two very different places of the heart.

The situations were not the same, but the contrast was striking. One conversation was marked by hope. The other was marked by discouragement. It made me pause and ask, how often do we decide the ending before God has finished writing the story?

So what is your one thing? What is quietly pulling you toward hopelessness right now? My guess is you have been trying to fix it, manage it, or push through it on your own, and you are exhausted. Maybe you have reached the point where you realize you cannot do it anymore. Frustration sets in. Fear follows close behind. Hope begins to feel fragile.

I have been there. I have lost hope. I have lost the will to try. I have lost the spark I once had. When the weight felt too heavy, I crawled into bed and tried to hide.

Proverbs 13:12 says,
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.”
Another translation says, “Hope delayed makes you sad.”

Is that where you are today? Tired of waiting? Tired of knocking? And yet, the words of that song still ring true: “I won’t stop knocking until You open the door.” That kind of persistence is what Scripture calls endurance.

Paul reminds us in Romans 5 that endurance produces character, and character produces hope. And this hope will not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit.

Every day, the Lord places a choice before us. We can lean into His grace or try to carry it alone. His voice is always near, gently offering us a way forward filled with hope.

Isaiah 30:21 says,
“This is the way. Walk in it.”

And Deuteronomy 31:6 assures us,
“The Lord is the one who goes before you. He will be with you. He will not leave you or abandon you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”

The question is not whether He is near.
The question is whether we will stay close to Him.

Lord, You see the places in our hearts where hope feels thin and waiting feels heavy. You know the doors we have been knocking on and the weariness we carry. Help us believe again that it is not too late. Teach us to trust You in the waiting, to listen for Your voice, and to stay close to You when answers feel slow. We place our hope in You today. Amen.