Despair takes its toll on society a. According to researchers at the University of Missouri- Columbia Health Sciences Center, a lack of hope has been linked to poor behavior in children b. The researcher quoted indicated that hopelessness may be an indicator for children and teens who are prone to act in anti-social or aggressive behavior 2. Despair takes it toll on your physical health a. I.e., it increases the thickness of the arterial walls 3.
Despair is certainly detrimental to one's spiritual health a.
He that despairs degrades God. It is impossible for that man to despair who remembers that his Helper is omnipotent. There are only people who have grown hopeless about them. God offers a better plan, but it takes effort to grab it and faith to claim it. This document is from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library at Calvin College.