Hoping Things Will Change / I'm Afraid It's Too Late

Part 1 of our series, "Hopes and Fears of All the Years".  Hope is a constant companion through life. We hope we make it through the teen years. We hope we'll make the cut when it comes to teams, jobs, and friends. We hope we'll stay healthy, that people will like us and want us around. That we'll live a normal life, have children, and get out of debt. But for most of us, at least one of them gets snagged along the way. And then we hope things will change--but we're afraid they won't.  This is not a modern problem. It's surprising how many times how many re-runs this story has in the Bible.