This is Max Locato. Hope is an endangered species. We are more troubled than we've been in nearly 50 years.

Happiness is down, loneliness is up, and optimism has taken a right hook to the chin.

Research from the National Institute of Mental Health is showing an epidemic of

mental health problems among 18 to 24 year olds in the

United States. You can relate, your heart has been broken, your dreams have been

shattered, your body has battled disease, and maybe

you've wondered if this life is worth living.

God's therapy for our trepidation reads like this,

for the things we see now will soon be gone,

but the things we cannot see will last forever.

Face the problems of this life

by focusing on the promises of the next.