Love to Suffer

Romans 5:3-5
3 More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Alright, "Love to Suffer" wasn't the best title but it did get your attention. This portion of scripture does however give us exactly what it is talking about: HOPE.

First of all, the key to make it through all these stages is relying on the Lord's strength. You will break during sufferings if you are not relying on Him. Your endurance will only last through Him. And any character you possess is only because of the Lord. So it finally ends up, that the HOPE you receive is the HOPE you have in the Lord.