Día 4 · Joy That Lasts
Joy Even in Trials (en inglés)
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“Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.”James 1:2-3
Reflexión (en inglés)
James does not tell us to feel happy about hardship — that would be pretending. He tells us to count it joy, to reckon that something valuable is being formed even here. Trials, in God's hands, are not pointless; they grow an endurance that nothing else can. Joy in trials is honest about the pain and confident about the purpose.
Una oración (en inglés)
Father, I would never have chosen these hard things, yet I trust that You are doing something in them I cannot yet see. Help me to count it joy — not by denying the difficulty, but by trusting Your purpose within it. Grow endurance in me, and let me find a deeper gladness in becoming more like Jesus through it all. Amen.
Llévalo contigo (en inglés)
What good might God be forming in you through a current trial?