When tribulations come, our family will sometimes smirk and say, do we have pure joy yet? Why such a strange family you say? 2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,[a] whenever you face trials of many kinds. James kicks off his epistle with these stirring words. Was James talking nonsense? Why does our family sometimes smirk and say this? The truth is that we know James is right, but we cannot feel pure joy quite yet. However, we see …
To me, kindness and goodness seemed the same till I dated my dear wife 23 years ago. She has a deep goodness harbored at the very base of her soul that is always with her. However, she is often not kind which is a kind of behavior in my usage. I have trouble with leaving goodness when frustrated. However, let’s not stop but grow in the fruit of the Spirit. Now, if you look at the 9 fruit of the …
I am a former Army officer, and had a breakthrough while working as a support platoon leader for an artillery battalion. Jesus says he is our friend, but not like my Christian friends are. God is a special kind of friend. My direct boss was in charge of all supplies for the 450 person unit. I took care of day to day beans and bullets. He and I were good friends, and he was my boss, but our friendship relied …
