Enduring Our Hardship

     Life can give you much happiness but it also can give you much sadness. You can try to prepare for every disaster however life has away of coming at you in a unexpected way. I do not think that anybody is protected from the hardships that life will sometimes bring. We just have to hang on and endure until our life becomes a little bit more livable. We have to hold tight to our hope that tomorrow will be a better day. Romans 12:12 says "Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer."
     When hardship happens, we may find our strength has weaken because of our sadness. In times of disaster, we do not have to rely on our strength only, we can rely on God's. Psalm 73:26 "My flesh and my heart my fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." We can put our hope in God and that hope becomes our strength. He is our portion meaning he is our hope and happiness. He is the one that we can rely on to help us through our troubles.
     When we are at our lowest, we may think that God might have abandon us. God said in Isaiah 41:10 "fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." We can see that God will not abandon us but he will help us in our time of need. Even if we are at our lowest, we must not be overcome by our doubts but to hold strong to our faith in God because he cares for us. 1 Peter 5:7 "casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you."
    We can endure our hardship with God on our side because he gives us hope. His Holy Spirit can strengthen us when we feel that we can no longer endure the suffering. We can trust in the Lord to hear our prayers.  Psalm 22:24 "For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, and he has not hidden his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him." Psalm 46:1 "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble." When we are enduring a hardship we can count on God to be by our side. We can count on God to hear our prayers and to help us in our time of need.