Hope in Our Troubles

A gift though we may not know it
realized in the anxious moments
our problems, our troubles
the seeds of our hope in tomorrow

God working through us
through the days of our lives
each of us refined
in the fire of our struggles

All of us may praise
God for our troubles
in them we find the strength
the resolve in him
that makes our hope come alive


September 23, 2010
passage of scripture, Romans 5:3-4 (Common English Bible)
written on Ruth’s office door
“But not only that! We even take pride in our problems,
because we know that trouble produces endurance,
endurance produces character, and character produces hope.”
Pastor Ruth L. Foss, of
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH



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