We lost my sister about 12 years ago now and there was a song that just came on the radio and it was just hit me. Praise the Lord, Oh my soul. And then the ending there where it says that, you know, “when my time has come, still my soul will be praising.” And my sister was a newly convert. And I know where she is because, you know, of her aversion to Christ and how she, you know, asked for forgiveness and--and God came into her heart, and it was very evident. And I know that, you know, she is with the Lord right now and someday I'll see her again. And that song was just so, so encouraging to my soul. So that was wonderful.

I don't know where I'd be. You know, without some support. Like, you know, it's just the encouragement that I can turn on the radio at home and in my vehicle here--Christian Radio--and and just tune the world out and remember the stories in the Bible. Like you know, everything there. When I'm sitting here, just kind of observing, I open [TWFYT] up and the word there, the message there just gives me strength. It gives me hope and it constantly takes me back to God's word and it helps me with issues. We tend to get down so easy sometimes. I believe that it's not God's way to let that happen.

Hope is what gives me strength and peace by trusting in God, knowing how much He loves me, and each and every one of us. Hope is like a light, giving brightness to a day.