Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Pressure is a gift... part 2

James 1:2-4

The amazing "guarantee" that comes with belonging to Jesus is in these verses. Tests, challenges, pressures-- they can work FOR you, not against you. It really is all about your perspective. The "gift" is not the difficulty; it's the opportunity to grow and evolve through the period of difficulty. Our faith-life "unprocessed" by pressure is like raw carbon--raw, organic substance. But through the pressure process that your faith-life goes through, IF you choose the gift in it, is forced by heat and pressure into something evolutionary, something beautiful, something extremely HARD and UNBREAKABLE. Amen, Father. Thank you for the gift. Thank you for the sight!

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