Hope in a Hurting World

Bought + Beloved with Kirby Kelly

Religion & Spirituality, Education, Self-improvement, Christianity

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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It's no surprise to me that so many Christians feel discouraged and hopeless because of everything going on in the world. There is division everywhere, unrest everywhere, injustice everywhere, and corruption everywhere. How do we as Christians hold onto hope and live out our callings when it feels like the world is burning down and we are too afraid to speak up? That's what we are diving into in this week's episode.

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0:00.0	Life Audio. How do we stay rooted in Christ when the entire world feels so overwhelming? I don't
0:10.3	think that it's news to any of us, everything that's been going on in our nations, in our countries,
0:15.4	in our world. And today, I want to talk about it.
0:26.6	Hello, hello, hello, ladies and gents, and welcome to this week's episode of the Bot and Beloved podcast. As always, it's your girl Kirby Kelly, back at it again.
0:30.7	And this week, this episode, today's episode really comes from a heavy heart, if I'm being
0:37.3	completely honest.
0:38.7	I don't think it's news to anybody at all, anywhere in the world, that our world lately,
0:45.2	our nation lately for us here in the United States who are tuning in.
0:49.1	I know I have a big global audience who listens from all over the world.
0:52.6	And I bet many of you are aware of everything
0:55.1	that's just been going on within the past few weeks here in the United States. And just even in
1:00.5	your specific context or community, lately, I feel like we have just been in such a deep
1:07.5	place of division and of tragedy, of brokenness, maybe even for you today, hopelessness
1:15.8	based on the events that have just unfolded or have continuously been unfolding for years.
1:22.5	I mean, there has been a lot going on in different nations, in different parts of the world, where real people
1:29.7	are really being affected. And it's hard. And it feels a little helpless at times. And it feels a little
1:35.9	hopeless at times. From political division from the left and the right to tragedies among
1:42.0	innocent civilians to wars and conflicts overseas. I get that this all
1:48.5	feels so overwhelming. I won't, I'm not going to lie, it has felt so overwhelming to me to just
1:55.6	be scrolling and to see tragedy after tragedy after tragedy. It breaks my heart. And if I'm being completely
2:02.7	honest, it's one of those things where it's like, how do I even begin to process all of the
2:08.4	brokenness of the world? Like, it was never meant to be this way. And I'm not just talking about
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