3) And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also:
knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
4) And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
5) And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love
of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost
which is given unto us.
This scripture is pretty special to me, because it helps me to understand how I should act when I get pretty fed up with people, events, and everything else. Personally, this scripture embodies the meaning of "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger." Yes, I know it's a terrible saying - but tribulations test patience, and having patience is quiet strength. So I believe it's somewhat applicable in this situation.
It also goes on to say patience begets experience, and experience begets hope. By definition from Websters 1828 dictionary: Hope is "confidence in a future event; the highest degree of well founded expectation of good; as a hope founded on God's gracious promises; a scriptural sense." So the best way to nurture and raise hope, is to begin with patience. Now take a moment and look at Noah Webster's definition of patience: "The act or quality of waiting long for justice or expected good without discontent." Really, hope and patience are intertwined. When you posses of the quality of "waiting long for expected good", you then have safe grounds to build the "highest degree of well founded expectation of good."
The last verse explains how hope "maketh not ashamed." Hope allows us to be happy, because God is the Father of hope and love, and hope is spread by the Holy Spirit through the heart. A gift given all of his children.
This scripture is pretty special to me, because it helps me to understand how I should act when I get pretty fed up with people, events, and everything else. Personally, this scripture embodies the meaning of "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger." Yes, I know it's a terrible saying - but tribulations test patience, and having patience is quiet strength. So I believe it's somewhat applicable in this situation.
It also goes on to say patience begets experience, and experience begets hope. By definition from Websters 1828 dictionary: Hope is "confidence in a future event; the highest degree of well founded expectation of good; as a hope founded on God's gracious promises; a scriptural sense." So the best way to nurture and raise hope, is to begin with patience. Now take a moment and look at Noah Webster's definition of patience: "The act or quality of waiting long for justice or expected good without discontent." Really, hope and patience are intertwined. When you posses of the quality of "waiting long for expected good", you then have safe grounds to build the "highest degree of well founded expectation of good."
The last verse explains how hope "maketh not ashamed." Hope allows us to be happy, because God is the Father of hope and love, and hope is spread by the Holy Spirit through the heart. A gift given all of his children.
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