Plunge

In times..such as this, what can one do but continue to hope in the Lord? It's indescribable the notion of the matter weighing so heavily upon the mind and dare I say, the heart. 

Can't one hope? Is there even something to hold on to? Does it seem like a flailing hand desperately clutching at straws? When fear and desperation claw on one's mind and gnaw at one's heart continuously, is it possible not to falter and give way to distress? Is it not possible that one might not recover from such a fall as this?