i'm sure james did a lot worse things than look for a job. i've sat here for three hours looking for a job and a place to live, and i feel utterly defeated. this search has been going on for weeks, and i feel neck-deep in one of these "trails of many kinds." whenever i am like that, i always feel like i need to spend a bit of time with God just talking and learning. adam & i agreed to start reading james together, so i thought i'd just start there. and here it was: consider it pure joy...whenever you face trials of many kinds. pure joy. PURE JOY. now, for me to do that should be simple since james did just that. and he faced many different and harsher trails than i am right now. in fact, he was killed because of his faith. his faith that gave him PURE JOY.
and i could nag and nag about how terrible the economy is and how difficult this entire process is, but i would be losing sight of faith. faith is believing in the unseen. and i can't see right now where i'm going to live or where i'm going to work in a month and a half. but i worship the Creator, and i believe that even though i can't see those things, He will provide. He will carry me.
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