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Can we and how do we rejoice through trials?

Have you gone through trials and tribulations as consequence of living in a fallen world or as a consequence of your sin and have you been able to rejoice in the trial and/or tribulation?

How (Why) were you able to delight/rejoice?

Meaning of rejoice by the secular dictionary: Delight

Synonyms

delight, exuberate, glory, jubilate, joy, kvell, exult, triumph

Meaning of joy by the lexicon:

Cognate: 5479 xará (another feminine noun from the root xar-, "extend favor, lean towards, be favorably disposed") – properly, the awareness (of God's) grace, favor; joy ("grace recognized").

Definition
joy, delight- greatly (1), joy (54), joyful (1), joyfully (1), joyously (1), rejoicing (1).

James 1:2-4 says, “Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.

“In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

One last question - Is joy the same as happines?

Would you share how and why you were able to rejoice througth the trial?

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Permalink Reply by Seek on April 17, 2013 at 11:45am

Uh oh. You've done it now!

Janie, I handle most things with humor. I find even if it's a hot topic, humor defuses the heat. ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Mary O on April 17, 2013 at 7:00am

Hi David, God bless you!

This doesn't apply to every situation. Just a different perspective. I had a trial cropping up over and over again. Honestly, I wasn't learning or seeing what God wanted me to see. It finally got through to me and I realized I had to pass the test. When the trial came up again, I changed my response. I think God rejoiced because He was probably tired of my stubborness. Yeah, I can be stubborn.

Just sometimes if you face the same trial over and over again, maybe God wants you to learn or see something. God's patient.

For the LORD corrects those he loves, just as a father corrects a child in whom he delights. (Proverbs 3:12)

Love,

Mary