You must consider it the purest joy, my brothers, when you are involved in various trials. James 1:2, WMS I have always found it very hard to consider it “pure joy” when I am encountering various trials. During a period in which I was experiencing many different tests in my life, I began meditating on James 1:2–4. I soon realized that my attitude toward experiencing trials determines whether or not I truly believe that it is a joy to go through them. If I consider them unwelcome
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