Hope

3 Not only so, but we[a] also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
4 perseverance, character; and character, hope.
5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us (Romans 5:3-5).

Sometimes God is glorified through the removal of an affliction. When we have a problem, and people pray with us about it, and it is resolved, we praise God for that. If a physician performs surgery, and that loved one is cancer-free, we thank God. But then there are times when the surgery doesn't go as well as we had hoped. There are times when the illness is not removed. The problem is not taken away. It is then that God can be glorified through the enduring of the affliction. And it is through hardship that we will develop hope.

You would think the best way to find hope is to have a trouble-free life. No, the best way to find hope is through the crises of life. Until you have been through a storm you can't truly appreciate the sun shine. I found that when I'm talking with certain people that they tend to listen better when they find out that I also know what the struggle of pains is to  go through a divorce or be molested, abused, or homeless. They always ask me the same question which is how did you get through it to the place you are now. I always smile and say I'm glade you ask that question. I tell them about the Love of Christ and how He got me through that it is Jesus Christ that keeps me and sustains me and my family.  That regardless of my trial or tribulation, I must hold fast to God's unchanging hand and the hope that is promised to me and you in his word Without rainy days we have not to look forward to with the sunny days..