30 Days of Joy

Quite a few years ago, my wife and I were faced with a dreadfully painful situation. We prayed, sought God’s help and, although there were days when things looked impossible, we came through it, and we praised God for His faithfulness. I couldn’t help but wonder what had brought about the need to walk through that trial, but I did know, without doubt, that my relationship with God grew in a truly profound way. I also realized I had some repenting to do, and there were things I needed to be much more careful about never taking for granted, but the main outcome was that while I had known and walked with God in a very real way, I began to cherish my relationship with Him even more intensely. So, while I never wanted to have to walk through anything like that again, I knew I had grown in God through it all.

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Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds. — James 1:2