My hope is what carried me through health issues, struggles in my family, going five years without a salary, and so much more. Hope is the physician of each misery, and God has given us this gift to heal us from our pasts so we may have a future that is full of joy and light.
Yet, we are babies moving from immaturity toward maturity. Learning the grace of walking in the Spirit, as mere toddlers learning slowly, allowing God to hold us through the storms, is a process of growth. Even as my children had to learn to trust me, to obey my requests, to trust my wisdom, so our walk toward maturity in Christ is a process.
Read more about this in Help, I’m Drowning.