People seem so hopeless.
Depression is on the rise.
Emphasis on mental health.
Our brains we tranquilize.

What can we believe in?
Politics seems trashed.
Preachers have no truth left: just
Good wishes/smiles/send cash.

Where is the world heading?
Are we looking at the end?
No one trusts each other.
Is anyone a true friend?

I’m screaming for an answer!!
I’m lost. I live in such pain.
Is dying better than living?
Why was I born…anyway?

Partying is an answer.
Drink, do drugs, have sex.
You only live life once.
After death is only darkness.

Is that where I’ll have peace?
Then I wish I could die today.
I can’t escape this bad life.
I no longer want the pain.

No one understands me.
I live my life apart.
Alone. Isolated. Forsaken.
There’s a hole in my heart.

Who is there to fill it?
I’ve tried so many ways.
I’m tired. There is no hope.
So empty are my days.

Then I hear a story.
Yes, I’ve heard it all before.
God loves me. Jesus died.
So what? There isn’t anymore.

This time the words are different.
There is an empty tomb.
There’s hope in resurrection.
For sin and death there is no room.

No one else rose from the dead
Recorded in all of history.
Jesus died for all my wrongs.
Yes, He paid the penalty.

To show He was the answer,
The one and only Son
God raised Him from the dead
To prove my sin is gone!

If I accept this free gift,
The hole in my heart is filled.
My life now has an answer.
It’s no longer just a treadmill.

Yes, it still is difficult.
An uphill battle I face.
No longer alone: I have hope!
Jesus took my place

On the cross He paid the price
Demanded since time began.
When man chose disobedience
Instead of following God’s command.

I’ve chosen to accept Jesus:
I’ve taken His outstretched hand.
I’m out to tell the world!
Because now I understand.