Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
Trials come in lots of varieties and sizes. Recently, our home has been hit by harassment and vandalism by unknown people. It started with late-night doorbell ringing and escalated to tomato-throwing at our garage and front doors a few days ago. It happens off and on, sometimes as long as two weeks without incident.
Especially after we cleaned up smashed tomatoes off our doors in the middle of the night, I've had a lot of uncharitable thoughts about the culprits and have sat up late more than once.
After reading these verses from James, perhaps I need to adjust my attitude. So I've pledged myself that I will pray daily for the vandals.
Will it stop? I don't know. Will I still stay up late occasionally? Probably. Should they still held accountable? Yes.
Will testing my faith help me produce perseverance? Yes. And that's what it's about.
1 comment:
Great thoughts!
- jenni
StrokeOfGrace.blogspot.com
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