The testing of your faith produces steadfastness. Jam1.3 ESV
The test of our faith rarely comes to us at the point we would expect or at a time we would choose. Yet it is the testing of faith that produces faithfulness. To express faith one time is not the same as possessing a character of faithfulness. But the road to being a faithful person begins with a simple and single act of faith. And, if we would be a person of Christian character we should attend to the test in front of us and then to each one only as it comes. It is my next step that moves me in the direction I am headed but it is all the other steps that follow that determine if I get there. All any of us can do is to attend to the step, the test in front of us. Of course none of this should be confused with earning the right of heaven. That is something Jesus has already done for us. No, our desire for character is not to merit heaven, but to be that kind of person who can enjoy it when we get there. 9/2/2008 ts
Just me trying to be honest with God.
