The Bible can be so frustrating.
The book of James can sometimes be frustrating. Especially when you have had a frustrating day. And the extra frustrating part of the frustrating book is that it frustrates you by the second verse of the book! Let me back up a second to tell the story behind this...
We recently moved into a new old house. When we did, we knew we would have to put some work into it, painting, drywall, stuff like that. Well when we moved in, we knew we were going to need to replace the toilet in the upstairs bathroom because the toilet had a crack. Well, we got the new toilet and took the old one off, and we noticed that the pipe didn't fit quite properly. Well to make a long story shorter, we ended up with a hole in our ceiling downstairs and an entire while ripped out to work on the sewage pipes. Not quite the easy job we had in mind.
This situation is very frustrating to me, it is a trial of my patience among other things. This is where James 1:2 frustrates me because it says this: "Consider it pure joy, whenever you face trials of many kinds." What is up with that? It doesn't say to just get over it, suck it up, or deal with it. It is much worse, we are to consider these trials as pure joy, because these trials develop perserverence.
I am not good at this, but maybe you are better. Take a look at James 1:2-4. What are some ways you can live out this frustrating verse?
We recently moved into a new old house. When we did, we knew we would have to put some work into it, painting, drywall, stuff like that. Well when we moved in, we knew we were going to need to replace the toilet in the upstairs bathroom because the toilet had a crack. Well, we got the new toilet and took the old one off, and we noticed that the pipe didn't fit quite properly. Well to make a long story shorter, we ended up with a hole in our ceiling downstairs and an entire while ripped out to work on the sewage pipes. Not quite the easy job we had in mind.
This situation is very frustrating to me, it is a trial of my patience among other things. This is where James 1:2 frustrates me because it says this: "Consider it pure joy, whenever you face trials of many kinds." What is up with that? It doesn't say to just get over it, suck it up, or deal with it. It is much worse, we are to consider these trials as pure joy, because these trials develop perserverence.
I am not good at this, but maybe you are better. Take a look at James 1:2-4. What are some ways you can live out this frustrating verse?
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