You feel beat – beaten down.  Expenses are killing you.  Anger and distrust are coming between you and those you love.  You’re very pessimistic about your future.  It doesn’t seem like your faith is doing you much good.  Or do you even have faith anymore?  The victory of having faith, isn’t having a rosy outcome to every evil.  Nor is it necessarily trust or confidence in the face of trouble.  The victory of faith is God’s giving you faith and keeping you in faith, even when it seems like you’re barely hanging on.  God-born faith is your victory in every trouble.  Experience how true that is, this coming Sunday at St. Matthew.