
Understand that discouragement: Is something we can choose; is universal; can recur; is conquerable.
While it’s a natural response to difficult circumstances, we have the power to choose a different response. No one else is responsible for our discouragement.
If we trust in the Lord’s promises and His character, our feelings of discouragement will slowly be replaced by hope.
Commentary from the In Touch devotional by Charles Stanley, August 12, 2019.