This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:21-23
These verses are written in the middle of darkness and sorrow (Lamentations 3:18). Yet even while “hope has perished’, the writer says, “But this I call to mind and therefore have hope”. Hope when hope is gone! What is it that injects such hope into a hopeless situation? “Ponder anew what the Almighty can do if with his love he befriend thee”.