I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

Psalms 27:13

As a therapist I would have lost heart in the face of man’s cruelty to man…

I would have lost hope in the face of marriages that seemed to be crumbling…

I would have lost  joy in the face of depression and despair…

I would have lost courage in the face of fury and rage…

I would have lost perspective in the face of anxiety attacks and panic…

I would have lost honesty in the face of denial and secrecy…

I would have  lost patience in the in the face of  defense and deception…

I would have lost self-control in the face of drug and alcohol abuse…

I would have lost peace in the face of personal disintegration…

But I believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

I didn’t lose anything.

Prayer:  Help me see your goodness today, Lord.