1Peter 1:6-7 “So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you have to endure many trials for a little while. These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.”
In high school and college I can look back and see many trials that I was put through to test my faith when I was a new believer. I haven’t noticed any major trials in my life lately except for daily things that are minor and come up regularly and I’m use to. It was hard when Tim went to California, but I knew when the longing for him would be over, I knew the end was near. I wonder if God is feeding me and reinforcing his love in me for something big, or helping me settle into the role of a pastor’s wife. Am I not a strong believer right now because there are no big trials in my life right now? How does my faith grow without trials to endure?
I am guilty of constantly thinking on where my faith was in high school. I am envious of the Dana in high school. God was my everything. I didn’t have a job. I didn’t have a boyfriend. If it didn’t have to do with church or Christ, I didn’t do it. I feel kind of lost in this adult world I am in now. Sometimes I still have the college mind frame thinking I’m still young. And then when I have to pay a bill or set up my own doctor appointments I realize I’m no longer a kid. I feel like I’m in transition and my faith is too, trying to figure out what God wants of me right now.
I do know since I have started learning about the Fruit of the Spirit again that I have had a huge thirst to keep knowing Christ more and more. I am excited to get all I can in one study then move on to something else that will challenge me and help me understand Christ better, and understand myself better. Actually, I just checked out Lady in Waiting from our church library. I read it in college, but I’m excited to read it again now that I’m married.
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Dana…I love your new website! Tell Tim he did a great job setting this up for you! Your series on the fruit of the Spirit is so wonderful. As far as trials go, they almost never go away. I often think back when Jesus was tempted of satan for 40 days in the desert. Which means He too had to endure the same temptations and trials as we do. You’re doing a wonderful job, Dana! God bless you and Tim:)