I have been reminded once again to never pray and ask to God to grow you in a certain area unless you are ready to really work on that area. God is faithful to answer our prayers and he is faithful to complete the work that He has started in us!!! It is true that great blessings come from being obedient, however at times to get there is also times of discouragement and trials.
Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. James 1: 2-4
I'm freaking out a little about this coming semester!!! I have taken a really challenging load, and just as classes are starting Grandma gets sick. Thankfully she seems to be doing better. It just seems that whenever I start to pursue what I feel that I called to something gets in the way to make it even harder. Maybe that is a good thing though!!!
Trying to see the joy and not worry!!!
Monday, January 11, 2010
Monday, January 4, 2010
Perseverance
A blog that I read on a regular basis challenged people to come up with one word to be their word of the year!!! I decided on the word PERSEVERANCE!! I have this bad habit of wanting to quit whenever I think that I might fail at something. I have stated before that I often set unreasonable expectations for myself, and want everything to be perfect. So when things get tough, instead of risking failing and not being good enough, I quit.
Romans 5: 3-4 says " We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop perseverance. And perseverance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. "
I did a search for the word the perseverance in the bible and it is found in 21 verses and is talking about us, as followers, every time. The word perfect appears in 43 verses, but not one time was it used in reference to us!!! If we could be perfect then we wouldn't need a Savior.
So this year my word is perseverance!!! It means taking risk and from time to time failing, but pressing though.
Romans 5: 3-4 says " We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop perseverance. And perseverance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. "
I did a search for the word the perseverance in the bible and it is found in 21 verses and is talking about us, as followers, every time. The word perfect appears in 43 verses, but not one time was it used in reference to us!!! If we could be perfect then we wouldn't need a Savior.
So this year my word is perseverance!!! It means taking risk and from time to time failing, but pressing though.
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