Just when you get familiar with the way things are, those things seem to change. A new normal is something we all experience many times in life, so we need to know how to face it and even embrace it. Whether it is an unwanted divorce, a physical malady, the death of a loved one, the loss of a job, a family feud, or financial reversal, trials and tragedies can interrupt our happy lives at any moment.

"Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit" (Romans 15:13).