Jeremy D Vance Author

        Do you cheer for heroes when they experience “the dark before the dawn?” Do you keep reading? Then perhaps like me, you believe in hope. Hope is what keeps me going when things are dark.       Sometimes life throws at us difficult things like conflict or sadness and others don’t seem to want to help us. We may appear to be very alone. Yet for me, my hope is not in my circumstances because they always change. At times, they even worsen. My hope is in something that does not change or even better, a someone.       This someone for me is God. I’ve been through job loss and other rough things, but the constant has been that God has never abandoned me. Yes, I have not seen him, but I know deep in my heart, without a doubt, he has always been with me. I’ve even been angry at him. He took it and patiently waited for me to talk to him again. I have learned to rely on him when dark circumstances descend on me.       When we may be different than others, people can tend to reject us, but

       With technology advances racing ahead like a child with abandon, we can become enamored with them to the point we lose sight of what is necessary.       Aglow with the wonders on our screens, our eyes might mislead us into thinking everything is fine. Yet in the midst of these advances, face to face interaction with others lessens. We stare at videos and memes that for the sake of entertainment become in reality a wall between us. When others suffer, we may find a clever poem to lighten their spirits, but we may forget our actual presence is what they need.       No matter how far we reach with our technology, let’s not forget to reach out to each other.