“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 My life stinks! I hate my life! Most of us have heard, or even said these words ourselves. I confess I have used them myself occasionally. In fact, I was using this phrase just the other day as I was filling out some paperwork. In my case, and probably yours as well, I don’t really hate my life. I only hate a situation in my life that is causing me stress at that moment. Sometimes, when we are going through a struggle, we can lose our perspective. We often feel as though we are the only one who has problems in their life. In reality, we know that other people have problems; yet, somehow, we forget this as the storms of life are raging and threatening to swallow us up. We often forget that Jesus, himself, promised that we would have trials. Still, none of us likes ...