Keep on keeping on

Greetings:
Have you heard about the guy who was asked if he thought ignorance and apathy were the two greatest problems of the human nature?
He responded, “I don’t know and I don’t care!”
Well, Paul doesn’t want to see that kind of attitude in The Church. We need to know and care when trouble comes our way.
In Romans 12:12 (Good News Bible), Paul offers exhortations about dealing with our attitude towards difficult circumstances.
It reads, “Let your hope keep you joyful, be patient in your troubles, and pray at all times."
It seems like enough of a request to patiently endure tribulation, but we're supposed to be rejoicing all through the whole thing?
This mandate doesn't apply exclusively to when we're facing tribulation, but rather in our day by day attitude, no matter the circumstances.
How can we rejoice when life brings what looks like an endless trail of misery, broken hopes and pain?
We all must possess a desire, a craving for hope in our lives.
Faith and hope are closely related. It's kind of like describing to someone how chocolate tastes. Can you really put that in words?
We are directed to be patient in tribulation. The devil, though fighting a war already lost, will stop at nothing to tear us down, whether through circumstances that tempt us to give up our moral standards or through outright, vocal opposition to our beliefs.
We can patiently endure, knowing that no tragedy of any scale can budge the Lord's plan for us. The key to any problem in our life is to be steadfast in prayer. Keep praying no matter what.
We will always be faced with circumstances we cannot handle or control, people we cannot understand, and choices we cannot make.
We need to be in tune with the Holy Spirit to get through it. Seek his presence in prayer. Ask for his direction in our lives. Ask for favor when we are surrounding by circumstances that seem to be swallowing us up. Pray for peace in the midst of the storm.
Be blessed.