Have You Lost Hope?
When life has slammed you with one disappointment after another, it’s easy to lose faith that anything can be different. Sliding into a state of hopelessness often occurs.
I know how this feels. I’ve been there, done that. It’s a lonely and powerless place to be. But, in time I discovered a secret for maintaining hope without letting every disappointment crush it.
The secret is in knowing what part you control and what part God controls.
- You control WHAT you want and WHY you want it.
- The only WHO you control is you. Let go of trying to control who else is involved or what they choose to do with their lives.
- Let go of WHEN it will happen, and WHERE.
- You have a little control over HOW it happens, but mainly God controls that too.
- Listen and act on inspiration as soon as it comes.
- In the meantime, hold your vision and live in gratitude. Let whatever comes be enough in that moment.
- If something doesn’t work out, it just means something better is around the corner. Hold your faith in what you want and why you want it.
This is the essence of what I’ve tried to teach for the last decade. Where did it come from? How did I gain this insight? I was reading in the Bible where it says Jesus is “the Author and Finisher of our faith.” Every good author covers Who, What, Why, When, Where and How. As an author myself and a bit of a control-freak, I looked at that verse and asked myself what part I control and what part He controls.
I developed this formula and have tested it with time. It works. When I live by it, I am happier and things work out.
Whenever I get antsy, disappointed, or irritated that my life is out of control, I check to see if I’m trying to control one of the elements that aren’t mine to control. If I am, I give that to God and let it go.
What If You Don’t Trust God Anymore?
But what if you’ve been slammed so many times you’ve lost your trust in God. You may gain no comfort from my formula. You may be wondering, “Is God there? Does He even care about me? I’m all on my own. The only person I can count on is me.”
I can understand feeling like you can’t count on God. I can relate to not feeling trust or hope or faith. I’ve been there. A lot of my clients have experienced the same thing.
The energy therapy I do has been an immense part of my journey. It has helped me process the trauma and disappointments of the past and let them go. It’s reconnected me to hope, faith and trust in God.
That’s one of the most common results I see in my clients from the beginning of a session to the end. They move from overwhelm and hopelessness to a feeling of peace, hope and gratitude by the end.
That’s why I love my work. It’s so rewarding to assist people in regaining their hope, faith and trust in God and in themselves.
About Marnie Pehrson Kuhns
Marnie Pehrson Kuhns is a Certified SimplyAlign Practitioner™ who uses music and creativity to mentor you past barriers, fears and doubts to discover, create, align with, and deliver your soul’s song (the mission, message or purpose you are on this earth to live). Marnie is a best-selling author with 31 fiction and nonfiction titles. If you'd like Marnie and her husband Dave to work with you personally on Your Great Reinvention, get a FREE 20-minute strategy session with Marnie here.
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So what do you do when you have lost trust in God and in energy workers? I want to trust someone, but I’d rather stay in my low place than get my hopes up for the millionth time just to be dropped from an elevated point. So, is there no one to pull me up? Do I have to raise myself up only to be knocked down again? If I don’t trust God why would I trust a fallible human to help fix me?
Excellent question. I would recommend using another route. Start back with the basics of recreating your faith in God. Go back to daily studying the Word and praying to ask God to show you that He is there. Ask Him to show you that He knows you exist and is mindful of you. Be open to looking for evidences… No matter how small or coincidental. Document them in a journal for this specific purpose. Document daily. And if you don’t have a desire to do this, if you even have a desire to have a desire to know, do this exercise for at least 21 days. I hope you’ll continue longer than that. But try the 21 day experiment. Reserve judgement or skepticism and document what happens. Diving into the Word, praying and journaling how God is showing up in your life is the most solid way to connect or reconnect with God. Once you’re reconnected, keep going and let Him regain your trust.
You DO give people hope, Marnie. And you model how to choose what each of us can do by choice and control. And how to let go of what only God can do. Thank you.
Thank you, Judi! Bless you for what you do to help women see their value and find their connection to God and how He sees them!
Thanks Marnie, this hit home I’ve learned that being honest with God, telling Him why I didn’t trust anymore, asking His forgiveness for my attitude and anger towards Him and then asking Him to just help me bc I can’t help myself……and doing this over and over until HOPE returned was great. Also, other people praying for my issues helped bc I didn’t feel like praying for myself and then God gave me the Hope that does not disappoint.
Excellent point, Chrissi. Being honest with God is so important — even when you’re angry at Him, even when you don’t trust Him anymore. I think it’s important to keep the communication lines open and let Him know what you’re feeling. I could be wrong, but sometimes I have to have a bit of a rant with God. It helps me process, and He never lets me stay there. He helps bring me back around to His perspective and to trusting Him. It’s like any relationship, I think. Open, honest communication is key.
Thank you Marnie for allowing God to use you to help us grow in our faith.
I personally think that if there is anybody who we should be honest with Is God. For nothing is hidden from him and I think It will also help us to be honest with human beings too because we understand that God is above all and nothing at all is hidden from him”