"Consider it pure JOY, my brothers and sisters,
whenever you face trials of many kinds..." (James 1:2)
"REJOICE always" (I Thessalonians 5:16)
"Be JOYFUL in hope, patient in affliction" (Romans 12:12)
Hmm,
there is a theme here
that will always be a theme here on earth
because GOD told us that
when things aren't the way we want them to be,
JOY is possible in the midst
"because
you know that the testing of your faith produces PERSEVERANCE" (James 1:3)
as we
"PRAY continually, give THANKS in all circumstances" (I Thessalonians 5:17-18)
as we are
"PERSISTENT in PRAYER" (Romans 12:12)
It sounds like a lot of PERSEVERING PERSISTENT work
for JOY to overtake us,
but what is the alternative~
to be joyless & hopeless & impatient
&
not communicating with the
ONE who asks us to
Be JOYFUL always
Be HOPEFUL
because we
PRAY
to the ONE
who is our
JOY & HOPE.
Oh how it is possible to be so consumed with
HIS JOY & HIS HOPE
because
PERSEVERANCE & PERSISTENCE
IN HIM
always finishes the race
as our eyes are
fixed beyond what our eyes can see
in the here & now
because we know that
one day
Being JOYFUL in trials
REJOICING in all circumstances
and
PATIENCE in affliction
will not require
PERSEVERING PERSISTENCE
because
one day
there will be
no trials
no tears
no fears
no sorrows~
"For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long.
Yet they produce for us a glory
that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!" (2 Corinthians 4:17)
Oh let's
Ride it out
by
Considering it pure JOY
&
REJOICING always
in the here & now
because it is worth the trip~
"THERE WILL BE A DAY" (listen to the song below)
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