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Suffering can produce hope because people in suffering certain hope the suffering will end. However, that is not the meaning of this verse. People who experience suffering either bite the bullet and persevere or they give up. There are only two options in regard to suffering. Option 1 is the bear up and persevere. Option 2 is to let the suffering crush you. When we are biting the bullet and persevering we are advancing and developing our character. It is a very mature person who can patiently endure and who can hold off on what they want. From the development of true character comes true hope. A false character or weak character produces a hope based upon false ideas regardless of the intention of the person. But true character based upon truth and strength begets true, realistic, achievable goals which produces true hope.

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