From James 1:2-3:  “My brothers and sisters, whenever you face various trials, consider it all joy, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.”

Facing life’s trials

Any and all kinds

Counting as joy

Faith never resigns

Testing endurance

Burdens grow lighter

Blessing as joy

Hope growing brighter

Maturing in faith

Every doubt erased

Feeling as joy

Father’s grace embraced

Growing every day

Inner self renews

Holding as joy

Spirit standing true

Preparing our way

Eternity’s flame

Seeing as joy

Peace in Christ proclaims

From 2 Corinthians 4:16-18:  “So we do not lose heart.  Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day.  For our slight, momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure, because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen, for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.”