Hope Deferred Maketh the Heart Sick

I don't usually read the King James Version of the Bible, but I was looking at different versions of this verse today, and I liked that one best:

Proverbs 13:12 (King James Version)

¹²Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life

Isn't that the truth? A friend of mine was saying something this week about how people can only be hopeful for something for so long. Then at some point, the hope fails and they feel depressed and discouraged. Hopeless, if you will.

I'm there. I feel hopeless. Hopeless and helpless to change anything. And it's true- old Solomon was spot-on: my heart is sick.