Today’s first Mass reading from Isaiah is one that always fills me with solace, with peace. We hear today the God’s promise to Isaiah:
Just as from the heavens
the rain and snow come down
And do not return there
till they have watered the earth,
making it fertile and fruitful,
Giving seed to the one who sows
and bread to the one who eats,
So shall my word be
that goes forth from my mouth;
It shall not return to me void,
but shall do my will,
achieving the end for which I sent it.
No matter how bleak things may sometimes appear, God’s plan will be fulfilled. God’s word shall do God’s will, achieving the end for which it is sent. That is God’s promise.
Reading these words this morning reminded me of a passage in Evangelii Gaudium. Pope Francis reminds us that“Nobody can go of to battle unless he is fully convinced of victory beforehand. It we start without confidence, we have already lost half the battle and we bury our talents.”
Isaiah reminds us to have that confidence. The confidence (again in Pope Francis’ words that allows us to “see the light which the Holy Spirit always radiates in the midst of darkness” and to “discern how wine can come from water and how wheat can grow in the midst of weeds.”
Creo en Dios! 
Yes! It is so hard to discern sometines, but your use of the Scripture shows that the confidence is in the Holy Spirit not confidence in ourselves or in our ego.