My Hope is in You, Lord!

I love this contemporary Christian song...when it comes on the radio, I sing along at the top of my lungs!  Even though my intention every second of every minute of every day is to put my hope in Christ, I have a tendency to put my hope in people and circumstances.  People and circumstances are not qualified to keep my life hopeful.  My thick skull has a hard time remembering this truth!!  Finding the perfect balance to living is a constant challenge.  I want to have my eyes wide open, but I never want to get cynical and hard.  I want to trust people, knowing that they could potentially hurt me.  I want to love freely, but understand that I might not have that love reciprocated.  My desire is to understand and see my world, my people and my circumstances the way God does, to keep a soft heart, to be calm and rational, to be careful about every decision and most of all, to trust in the only One who can save us...the Voice of Truth!  In Him I find my purpose, my passion, my ministry, my focus, my peace and my wholeness.    "My hope is in You, Lord, all the day long. I won't be shaken by drought or storm. A peace that passes understanding is my song and I sing..My hope is in You, Lord!"