Title

Dealing With Trials

Scripture
In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials.
(1 Peter 1:6)
Devotional
No matter what trials or even tragedies life may bring, we have the promise of a place called heaven. Not all trials are to be seen as negative events in our lives. Many of them, if not all of them, cause us to grow and gain understanding. Sometimes we need to be grieved. We need to experience life’s hardships. Without them we most likely would not appreciate life’s manifold blessings.
When life’s hurts come my way, the first thing I bring to mind is that, “This too shall pass; it is a temporary situation.” Furthermore, when situations arise of which I have no control, I simply choose to release that situation to the Lord.
If we learn to evaluate life’s trials from an eternal perspective, we will deal with them patiently and joyfully. If need be, we will be grieved by various trials, but we can likewise be of good cheer, because Christ has overcome the trials and heartaches of this world.
Thought For The Night

“My life is but a weaving between my Lord and me. I cannot choose the colors He worketh steadily. Oft times he weaveth sorrow and I in foolish pride forget He sees the upper and I the underside. Not till the loom is silent and the shuttle ceases to fly shall God unroll the canvas and explain the reason why.”  Unknown 

Evening Text
1 Peter 1:6: In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials.
Looking for Answers
Evening Study Guide
Defining: “Trials”:  “Any effort or exertion of strength for the purpose of ascertaining its effect, or what can be done. A man tries to lift a stone, and on trial finds he is not able. A team attempts to draw a load, and after unsuccessful trial, the attempt is relinquished,” Noah Webster 1828 Dictionary.
 
Referencing: “No chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it,” Hebrews 12:11.
 
Applying: If you belong to Christ, no matter what the trial, remember, at the end of the proceedings, the Judge will find you clear of all charges and victorious.