My times of isolation didn’t start with hope. As a young mother with two children to raise after an unwanted divorce, I felt rejected.
Profound feelings of loneliness came with my new solitude.
Years later, losing my parents and new husband made me an orphan and a widow within a few months.
I couldn’t even say those words for a long time. Grief hit me and brought a season of more intense separation.
The pandemic and the effects of quarantine magnified the already-painful isolation of living alone.
Despite traveling through the valley of the shadow of death, I learned to trust God, accept Jesus more fully, and listen to the Holy Spirit.
It was only then that I truly experienced hope.
I pray that these devotionals give you hope as well.