Trusting God starts with letting go of the things we feel we need to control and depending on God's ability to deliver us.

If you think about it, it is the ultimate declaration that God is real and God is God. We would be foolish to sit around and wait for help from a fictional or historical character. God is real and present.

Paul masterfully reveals God's intent and purpose in transforming suffering into hope. Suffering leads to endurance, which leads to mature character, which opens the way for hope. Here is the best part, it is not a process we have to pass through alone.