Consider it Pure Joy...

Just a quick word today. I had a thought about the lessons we seek to learn during our trials. So often I find myself, in the midst of a trial, asking the Lord,

                               "What do You want me to see here?" 

              "What am I supposed to be understanding that I am not?"

As I pondered these questions this morning, James 1:2-4 came directly to mind...

     "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything."

Perhaps there's not always a monumental, new lesson that accompanies every trial, but instead simply another opportunity to grow in our faith and perseverance, that we may become mature and complete.