When chaos and violence seem to rise faster and higher than the evening tide, we are invited to put our faith in a work that, though hidden, is still unfolding in our days, right in our midst. This is the surest and steadiest hope we can cling to in times of grief and disaster—namely, a work that assures us that evil won’t win; that, as profuse as the trouble is, God’s mercy is greater; that all this sorrow will one day “turn into joy”; that the darkness won’t overcome the light.