Shattered Hope

Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens · Apr 7, 2022 · 4m

Late evening sunlight filtered through the tree leaves as I walked the wooded path, breathing deeply. Looking down, I saw pieces of a broken bird’s egg, shards of sky blue scattered in the dirt. My heart sank, and for a moment I felt tears surge. This egg was once filled with hopethe promise of a new lifeand here it was, dashed to pieces. Hope shattered. As I continued down the trail, I thought about how often my hopes end up like that poor bird’s eggbroken and unfulfilled. I contemplated several years back when I felt the most hopeless. Upon waking up one morning when I was 30 years old, I…