I found these verses and thought that the context is quite important as well...
so here we go, Romans 5:3-5
More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
and a little further down...
Romans 8, 18-26:
I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
so hope in God, not in luck or chance, or destiny, or the stars... in God, will not put us to shame, or disappoint... because by His spirit in us... we are able to trust and wait patiently.... and even when our hope does not get fulfilled exactly the way we wanted it.. we continue to trust and believe that the One who saved us knows best and in the end all will work out for the good of those that love Him, that have been called according to His purpose...
so, my hope for a successful surgery and a full recovery for my mother, my hope for one day living without grief over my loss, my hope for a family dispute to be solved amicably and for dear friends to find healing and peace... is in God, in His perfect plans, in His Mighty Power and I will patiently wait and continue to lift those worries up to Him...tell Him about it in our closest moments... and I know, that He is never ever going to let me down... because if there is one thing I am sure of it is that I love Him for eternity....
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
