Tag: Suffering and the Christian life

  • Difficulties as times for joy: the Bible and suffering

    Difficulties as times for joy: the Bible and suffering

    We face trials in life that our beyond our control. But we do have control over how we respond. In the Bible, in the book of James, he says, “count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds” (James 1:2). We face trials, we face difficulties. It’s not that we find…