"For when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow." (James 1:3)
How can we be joyful in the midst of a trial? By remembering that God is at work on His throne to accomplish His purposes. He never allows us to be tested beyond the point of endurance and He always provides us grace to go through the storm and the valley. As someone has said, "Without the storm clouds, there can be no rainbow."
When you said "Yes" to God through Jesus Christ, He went to work to transform your character into Christlikeness. Sometimes when God is chiseling away the stuff that does not honor Him it hurts. But God will bring you through. And it is somewhat easier when we cooperate than when we resist.
I heard this once and I do not know who originated it:
"I walked a mile with pleasure, she chattered all the way,
But I was none the wiser, for all she had to say.
I walked a mile with sorrow, not a word said she,
But, oh the things I learned from her, when sorrow walked with me."
May God bless you today, that you might be a blessing to others.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
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