Keeping Hope Alive.” from Mark 13:1-8. The terrible tragedies of human suffering are everywhere. There are wars, droughts, hunger, sickness, incurable diseases, earthquakes, superstorms and rumors of new wars abound across the globe and media. It is so easy for us to become paralyzed by fear and hopelessness, but Jesus told us this would happen and we are to live a His representation of hope to all humanity.