Wow- what a week we have had. I never dreamed that life was going to get so busy this week, but we have had appointments all week. Yesterday, we found ourselves at the dentist for a check up and for the first time in almost 13 years of parenting- we had a cavity. So, today, we find ourselves back at the dentist.
The crazy part in all this is that the child with the cavity was slightly excited over the possibility of having a new "badge" of bravery. I, however, was not as excited. I know it isn't the end of the world, but I still would have chosen to avoid this today. So, as I sit here- in the dentist office again- the thought hits me....what if I had a similar attitude when trials and troubles hit me? What??? Be excited because life is suddenly challenged and hard?!?! Perhaps, the joy and peace comes from knowing that God is in control and using those trials to grow me.
This morning I read these verses from James..."JAMES, A servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes scattered abroad [among the Gentiles in the dispersion]: Greetings (rejoice)! Consider it wholly joyful, my brethren, whenever you are enveloped in or encounter trials of any sort or fall into various temptations. Be assured and understand that the trial and proving of your faith bring out endurance and steadfastness and patience. But let endurance and steadfastness and patience have full play and do a thorough work, so that you may be [people] perfectly and fully developed [with no defects], lacking in nothing. If any of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask of the giving God [Who gives] to everyone liberally and ungrudgingly, without reproaching or faultfinding, and it will be given him." (James 1:1-5 AMP)
I think God wants to change our eyesight and view of trials. Instead of seeing them as times when God has left us or has turned His back on us, we should see them as key markers in our spiritual growth. They are to keep us close to the Father and keep us "looking" for Him in the events of our world. Trials make us seek Him, and finding Him brings tremendous joy.
Are you in the midst of a trial or trouble? Are you desperately seeking Him in the midst of it? Have the events become a spiritual marker in your life? If so, keep searching for Him in the midst of it and rejoice in all that He is doing to keep you ever so close to Him. Change your view so you can truly see Him.
If life is easy right now, hang on because trials will come. The Father loves you too much to leave you where you are. So when they come, try to find joy in seeking Him through it and knowing He is ever by your side.
Much love and Blessings!!!
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