“Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.” James 1:2-4 NLT
I read this familiar passage tonight and found it to be so full of powerful and comforting truth! I will have another surgery related to breast cancer this Monday, and it definitely is something that could be considered a trial - it involves pain, recovery time, and the saddest thing, inability to carry my sweet baby grandson for a month!
It is a temporary frustration - but it is most of all, an opportunity for great joy. Not just to feel superficially happy, but to choose and to experience the joy that only God can give. This journey is definitely a marathon, rather than a sprint - and I have always been better at short distances! But God is teaching me every day about the importance and value of endurance, of consistency, of taking the next step, then the next, without faltering. And with each step, He gives more strength for the next step.
So thankful for God's perfect provision for us and for His Living Word, which provides the encouragement we need for each new day!
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