Consider it all joy, my brothers and sisters, when you encounter various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. And let perseverance be perfect, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing!
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
to the twelve tribes in the dispersion, greetings.
Consider it all joy, my brothers and sisters,
when you encounter various trials,
for you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
And let perseverance be perfect,
so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
But if any of you lacks wisdom,
he should ask God who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly,
and he will be given it.
But he should ask in faith, not doubting,
for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea
that is driven and tossed about by the wind.
For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord,
since he is a man of two minds, unstable in all his ways.
The brother in lowly circumstances
should take pride in high standing,
and the rich one in his lowliness,
for he will pass away "like the flower of the field."
For the sun comes up with its scorching heat and dries up the grass,
its flower droops, and the beauty of its appearance vanishes.
So will the rich person fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
~James 1:1-11
I love this Bible reading in James today in the mass readings, it is a great reminder saying, consider it all joy, my brothers and sisters, when you encounter various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. And let perseverance be perfect, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing! Thank God! He is so good to us who trust in Him and follow His son Jesus! We need to stay joyful always knowing God is on our side! Stay prayerful, grateful, positive, loving, and joyful in the Lord! Amen! We see so many haters today, so many are so negative, living in such misery, all they can do is complain, be angry, violent, deranged, hate, have TDS, and just bring everyone else around them down. They are without God for sure! They focus on things of this world, not life eternal in Heaven with Jesus. We need to know that we are blessed if we are persecuted, for ours is the kingdom of God. When you are hated for supporting your President, or making America great again, or law and order, love, and God and Jesus, know that it is okay, they can cancel you, dismiss you, avoid you, stop writing or calling you back, they can hate and mistreat you, but God never will. They were never your real friends, they have demons now, unstable, pray for them daily, hope and pray Jesus can remove their demons and be saved, but do not let it get you down. Today we see so many who are possessed with demons and unstable like in the times of Jesus. Drugs, sin, unstable ways, hate, violence, etc. cause it. Pray for them. Yours is the kingdom of God! Thank you James for this nice reminder today! Seek the wisdom of God! His wisdom does not include hate and indifference! Stay joyful, hopefully it will rub in!
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