James 1:2-4
| 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. |
The first occasion: I am going over questions for the Youth Fellowship Group that Brandon and I help lead. Alastair is the main leader and we come along to help as much as needed. Brandon and I are leading discussion groups on these verses. I'm leading the girls and Brandon is with the boys. The discussion questions have to do with these verses. After looking at the questions I realized the second (what should have been first if I had had these verses in my mind at the time) occasion of the day.
The second/should have been first occasion: I was talking to my friend Melissa on the phone today. They just found out that the rental house they just moved into, maybe 3 months ago, is up for sale. They found out through the realtor even though the owners had just been by for a checkup a few weeks earlier (seems like they didn't have enough guys to say it themselves).So every Saturday for the next several weeks there will be an open house that they have to prepare for even though not by their own choice. Talking on the phone to her I said how sorry I was to hear the news. I was especially sad because of the really hard and long time it took for them to find it. They were looking for a place the same time we were and were having the same problems as well (i.e. very high demand + very low supply = wrestling with ten other families for one house). I realized after going over the questions tonight on James 1:2-4 that I should have said something more encouraging and along the lines of this passage.
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