We sometimes feel that God does not hear us, that He doesn’t care, because we are feeling anxious and hopeless. But the Bible tells us that we should “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.” (James 1:2-3) “Huh?” might be our reaction. We feel anxious and hopeless, and God tells us to count trials as joy?