• Despair is faith in death, darkness, and destruction.
• Despair is hope that death, darkness, and destruction will finally win and thereby provide relief.
• Despair is charity (kind thinking or positive claims) for death, darkness, and destruction.
• Despair is when you give yourself to the wrong side and champion its cause.
• Despair is when you realize that you cannot change or control things, but you still refuse to surrender control to God.