The subtle attack of 
interrupted sleep,
sudden traffic jams,
or 
a broken coffeemaker, 
can be the catapult to 
hopelessness
and
hard-knowing doubt 
that sees
only suffering
struggle
strife – 
if not for the Promise
from Jeremiah 
(who, ironically, was attacked as well):
a Promise 
for good,
for hope, 
for restoration* –  
and yet, 
I still find myself asking:
“What is the point of all this suffering?” 



*See Jeremiah 29:11