While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass. God constructed the soul of men and women to run on hope. However much we might disagree with the religious practices of other faiths, God placed in the soul of every person a need for hope that leads to a need to believe in Him. When the human soul is in darkness there is madness and nothing to lose. In the absence of hope, a singular human being and the world will self-destruct.
Hopeless children look out upon the world with vacant eyes.
Hopeless elderly look out upon with world with eyes full of tears if they see no heaven that awaits them. In the absence of hope, there is terror, fear, anxiety, and a foreboding sense of doom. In the absence of hope, there is no humor, laughter, or lifting of the spirit. Jesus Christ is the Hope and Light of this world and the universe. If Jesus, the Hope and Light of the world is within us, we are all called to His service to give away His Hope and Light.