“If your faith remains strong, even while surrounded by life’s difficulties, you will continue to experience the untold blessings of God! True happiness comes as you pass the test with faith, and receive the victorious crown of life promised to every lover of God!” (James 1: 12, the Passion Translation)

Be a lover of God! Be a conscious lover of Truth and Life, of Love and goodness. Persevere in this joyous trust and the expectation it brings.

Of course, it can be challenging to sustain our faith when things seem dark or difficult, when we are confronted with trials or see ugliness in our world. But if we remember what we truly believe in—that our faith isn’t blind but is an awareness and love of what is good—then we can feel the effects of this reliance.

And then even a small reminder of what we love keeps us strong. It reveals that behind a little glimmer of light, is the full sunlight of Truth, of God’s glory at hand with us and for us.

So, we endure not by human will but by yielding to God’s tender power, which not only sustains us, but is our very life, that crown of joy and the presence of peace.

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