Perseverance

10Feb10

Many things have been happening lately and they’ve either been leaving me speechless or very confused with many mixed emotions.

This term has been one of my hardest terms so far, with serving on comm and preparing for Winter Retreat and dealing with school and exams. But to be hit with the fact that someone did something that I had contemplated doing for a pretty long while, has left me frustrated and annoyed. When we have been called to serve and be in a role that God has placed in, you don’t just give up and leave.

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1:2-4

Find joy in the trials you face and learn from those lessons and continue to grow stronger in your relationship with Him. By accepting the role you’ve been put in, you accept the fact that you will go through these trials, these struggles, but you continue to strive to bring Him glory by serving Him. You do not get to choose if what you go through is easy or hard. Like it says in verse 4, “Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.” As you serve, you learn along the way. You can’t just give up and expect to learn what you might’ve learn through the trials and struggles in another way. He put you there for a reason. To learn from those trials, you gain the wisdom needed to continue to mature and really build your relationship with God.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

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