Title: Joy!

James 1:2-3 KJV

[2] My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; [3] knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 

Devotion: In the midst of a world shrouded in darkness, where tribulations and trials assail us from every side, James' words whisper a haunting truth: 'My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations...' (James 1:2-3, KJV). For in the depths of these spiritual crucibles, our faith is tested, refined, and transformed.

Note five eerie echoes from James' ghostly sermon:

- First, troubles are an inevitability, a when, not an if. Our world, a realm of shadows, is broken and awaiting redemption.

- Second, all troubles, regardless of their origin, hold a strange power - the power to unlock joy.

- Third, hardships are the crucibles where faith is tested, revealing the depths of our souls. God may not author every challenge, but He weaves them into a tapestry of refinement.

- Fourth, joy, a ghostly presence, haunts every circumstance, accessible even in the darkest night.

- Fifth, endurance, a spectral virtue, grows in the soil of tribulation, much like a flower blooming in the dirt. When faced with the inexplicable, embrace the opportunity for great joy, for in that moment, you are being reshaped into His likeness.

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