Faith Noodles

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. James 1:2 The "all" catches my eye.  Not be "kinda joyful", not consider it all pain or all sorrow or all dread, but "all joy". Why such a hard command, Dad? Yet I know while I can't even find a shred of joy in this situation, Your Spirit in me will help me and enable me. When you face "various kinds" of trials, not just the less mortifying stuff or the more short term stuff, but a nice wide array of them. Why? Because the process we go through during these trials tests our faith. By the way, I got an "E" on that faith test.  I've learnt that I'm one great doubter which has made me unstable in all I do. Yeah, and these trials have shown me that I w...

I've spent more time this weekend worshipping God in song than I have done in a wee while and it's amazing the things He reveals to you when you worship Him. Next time, when I'm confused and stressed, I'm just going to praise Him and thank Him for everything that He is and has done. I told God yesterday that I wanted to pick up where I had left off with Him, to again continue in the things He has put in my heart to do with Him. Tough times have chipped away at my faith. I have doubted and been the person James describes as being "tossed by the waves, unstable in all he does" leading me to do almost everything in my life half-heartedly. But God is my matchless King. Why should I doubt? All glory, authority and power is His. He is above all my sadness, despair, pain, hardships, discomfort, discouragement, hopelessness, frustration and constant failings, sins and weaknesses. He is above all oppression, brokenness, injustice, disease - ALL evil. H...