We are all in need of hope. For most of us, life hasn’t turned out exactly like we envisioned or thought.  There have been surprises, disappointments, curveballs, and failures.  When we watch the news on TV, we sometimes can’t help but be discouraged by what we see.  Do we have hope that things will get better?  What do we put our hope in as Christians?  In our own lives, do we hope that the new job, house, spouse, kids, will make things better?  For our nation, are we putting our hope in a political candidate to make things better.  The Psalmist in Psalms 146 cautions us in putting our hope in men, and encourages us to put our hope in the Lord.  “Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob,  whose hope is in the Lord their God.”  God is up to something.  God is still at work.  The needy, broken, marginalized, and hurting have not been forgotten. We can have hope in the Lord.