Endure Trials Patiently

"James, a servant of GOD, and of the LORD JESUS CHRIST, sends greetings to the twelve tribes scattered among the nations.

Consider yourselves fortunate, my brothers and sisters, when you meet with every kind of trial, for you know, that the testing of your faith makes you steadfast.  Let your steadfastness become perfect, with deeds, that you, yourselves, may be perfect and blameless, without any defect.

If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask GOD, who gives to all easily and unconditionally.  But ask with faith, not doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave driven and tossed on the sea by the wind.  Such a person should not expect anything from the LORD, since the doubter has two minds and his conduct will always be insecure.

Let the believer who is poor, boast, in being uplifted, and let the rich one boast, in being humbled, because he will pass away like the flower of the field.  The sun rises and its heat dries the grass; the flower withers and its beauty vanishes.  So, too, will the rich person fade away, even in the midst of his pursuits." - James 1:1-11

(What is most impressive at the beginning of the letter is the firmness of faith.  James is a man who does not hesitate and we feel very reassured by his conviction: ask GOD because HE gives to everyone.  Fortunate when you meet with every kind of trial.

The testing of your faith.  We are not in this world to have a good time.  What matters is to take advantage of the time GOD gives us to grow and mature as persons.  The person who has not suffered knows very little.  Oftentimes, those who have suffered do not realize that they owe the best in themselves to their having had to overcome a thousand difficulties.

To save the poor and the afflicted does not consist so much in comforting them or giving them bread as in helping them to face their destiny, to realize themselves through their own efforts and to discover they are helpless if they do not first acknowledge their brothers and sisters and act with them.

If any of you is lacking in wisdom.  GOD has placed in our midst all that we need to solve our problems.  The wisdom that makes us be responsible for our destiny instead of being passive comes from HIM.

Ask with faith.  The one who knows what are the obstacles from which GOD wishes to save him will be the one who has no hesitation in asking with faith.)

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