- Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds,
- because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
- Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
I don't quite understand the full meaning of joy. I think that joy and hope have to go hand in hand. When the world is losing color faster and faster day by day, and all "happiness" is cleared away, where does joy set in? I think that is when hope comes into play. We must have hope that the "brighter days" are coming. I am not only enduring the pain, i am being molded and shaped through that pain. Tomorrow could not be what it is, if it were not for the lessons learned today.
So what happens when your world turns into a brand new coloring book. Never shown the true potential of the beauty of the pages once color is added. You can see that the pages are suppose to be used for so much more, but you don't know where to find crayons to transform the pages. You end up staring at the page, never knowing. It's not that your passion for coloring and drawing went away, you just can't seem to pick up the markers anymore. No rhyme or reason. No warning. Hope becomes the thing you hold on to, for at one time you saw and experienced the beauty of the colors. You hope for that day to return sooner than later.
