Look at your trials and learn what God is trying to teach you, how he is reminding you, how carefully he is building character in you. That is something that every Christian needs to know as well. Perseverance is desperately needed. Most will not develop the longevity of faith unless we have been tested. It seems like the only seminar for true patience is suffering.
Trials lead to perseverance.
We are to rejoice in hope and also rejoice in our sufferings because we know that suffering produces perseverance. That is how we gain patience and maturity. Perseverance then leads to character and that proven character gives rise to hope. It is almost as if we don t have hope until we have first experienced disappointment and failure. Handling suffering is key to basic Christian maturity.