I was trying to come up with something to write. I ran across this post I wrote a couple of years ago. I discovered two things. The pain is still very real, and the truths revealed in that pain are still true. So, forgive my repetition, but I am reposting this one.
James 1:2-4 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
Testing of Your Faith?
Sometimes “life” comes along and kicks you square in the balls. There are events you just can’t prepare for. You THINK you are prepared, until the reality of it hits you. Thinking about what is real is not the same as living in the thing that is real. Virtual isn’t the same as real.
I’m talking about the kind of event that goes beyond mere pain. I’m talking about an event that makes you feel your soul was just sucked out through your tear ducts. An event so hard you spend at least one entire day crying until you think you will cry…
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David G. Perkins 