Suffering in Hope Romans 5v1-5

Buddhists believe that suffering is not real. Paul in Romans 5:1-5 does not deny that suffering exists, he tells us to rejoice in it. Twice in the passage, he says rejoice.

When I first read this passage, I thought to myself, Paul, how can you rejoice when you have not had steady work for 6 months. How can you rejoice when you know that as you cold call people, they will turn you away as you try to build a new business? I think Paul would tell me this: first, remember who you are. Not who you think you are becoming (Sometimes I think I am turning into my father). No, remember who you are today, right now.I am a person who has access to God, I am a person who is drowning in God’s grace. We who are Christ followers are people who are grounded in God’s grace. I am shown grace moment by moment, as I face rejection in job application after job application. I am still standing in God's Grace shower, even at my lowest point, which I will face today, when I receive another ten rejection letters and it feels like if I get one more I will explode. C5.v1-2 We all set up our lives to avoid as much pain as possible. We use things like medical aid plans, retirement plans and on a more basic level pain pills.All good things, but Christians know that we will suffer, but it is how you view that suffering that is important, for it is not without pain, but the key is that we are strengthened as we suffer by a loving father. Christians can rejoice in suffering because they know suffering produces endurance, which produces character, which produces hope. The three step faith strengthening process. Growing in faith is a three step process. Suffering is like an incubator for faith. But that made me think, when I think of endurance I think of people who do things with sheer force of will. Like when I ran a 90 km road race, it was mind over matter. The sheer determination to finish prevented any lapses in my character. But that's not what Paul is saying in chapter 5. Paul is encouraging the Romans and us to endure and to build character during suffering. The emphasis is on hope. Our rejoicing in suffering is a product of hope, a hope that never puts us to shame. It is a hope based on God filling us up with his love knowing that we can trust him. All suffering must be viewed from the perspective of my peace with God and my current standing with God. Confident in the knowledge that his love is pouring into me as I endure. Have I ever really grasped how much love that took? Help me to rejoice in all you've done for me and all you are doing for me my father.