Ending Lines

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 
Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 
II Corinthians 4:8, 9

If you just look at the first parts of this verse it may describe what some went through or what some felt this week:
We are troubled...
We are perplexed....
We are persecuted...
We are cast down...

But there's more to this verse - because the first parts are not the end - that's not where we are to dwell - or where are thoughts are to stay. Those are just  the temporary parts of the story - the parts that tell us God understands what we're going through  ... not the ending lines. The second parts are the best... these are the ending lines for Christians:

We are not distressed...
We are not in despair...
We are not forsaken
We are not destroyed!!!