Hello friends and happy Monday! I hope your weekend was great. With all of the chaos around us, it is so easy to give up. However, faith brings endurance.
Last week, our refrigerator went out and we lost some of our food. Second, we had some electrical issues. Lastly, we had a fire ant outbreak in our kitchen. Just thinking and writing about these problems makes stresses me out. It would have been so easy to give up but I had to deal with it.
James 1:2-4 provides some hope when we are dealing with trials. Our attitude is key when going through trials. I think James must have realized that and through it was important.
“Consider it nothing by joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you fall into various trails. Be assured that the testing of your faith [through experience] produces endurance [leading to spiritual maturity, and inner peace]. And let endurance have its perfect result and do a thorough work, so that you may be perfect and completely developed [in your faith], lacking in nothing.” (James 1:2-4)
Friends, we all go through trials and oh my goodness they are painful. However, these trials develop the character of Christ in us. Praying our way through these trials may not make them go away any faster but will give us the strength to endure.
My attitude and relying on verses such as Philippians 4:13 is key to getting through all of my trials.
God will not leave us stuck in our troubles. Without the test, there will never be a good testimony. Trust God because He will never let us down.
Friends thank you for stopping by my blog today. I pray you will persevere through all of your trials.
