Trials and perseverance.

Consider it pure joy, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 

- James 1:2-3

People have problems. Some might be small. Some might be big. The common denominator is that people always call on God. They call whether they believe in a God or not. 

"Oh God, please..." or "If you are there, God, would you..." or my personal favorite "God if you do this, then I will..." 

Why do we call on God when we have problems? Why don't we praise Him in a storm? 

My pastor's wife has stage 4 cancer. I can never relate to his pain. The things that gives me pain is like an ant compared to this man's Elephant of a suffering. But his suffering does not compare to Christ's suffering for all our sins. He took all our shortcomings, all our sins into himself and died for us. Us, an undeserving people. 

I thank God for all his blessings to me and all his trials. I will overcome them with God's help. 

What if my greatest disappointments or the aching of this life is the revealing of a greater thirst this world cannot satisfy? What if the rain, the storms, the hardest nights are your mercies in disguise? I will praise you in the storm. 

What to write.

I was talking to a friend when the topic of blogging came up. I expressed my opinion on blogs. Some blogs are very self-serving. I feel that people don't need to read about how your day was "kick ass", or how your boss is a complete "Richard". 

Anyway, I promise next time I write here its going to be about something relevant and not about me. 

It's 2:00 time to go to bed. 

First.

It's funny. I read a friends blog a couple of days ago. It motivated me to start one of my own. I thought I had lots to say and would have no problem writing it down. 

Heh. 

For a couple of minutes, I've been staring at my iPhone screen. Blank. I even went through the trouble of downloading the blogger app. 

I was trying to think of something profound to say. 

Who the heck am I kidding? I'm no JK Rowling. Words can't magically appear with the wave of the wand. Nor am I some famous blogger whose words reach millions. 

I'm just me. 

So, on my debut blog I'm writing how inept I am about writing. Heh. It's so me.