Dearly beloved in Christ,
Greetings to you all in the everlasting name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. James 1:2 “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds.”
This is a transformational way of looking at difficulties in our lives. Most of us see difficulty and pain as unnecessary interruptions to the way life should be. We aren't joyful by any measure about our difficulties. James is telling us that we should change the way we see trials. We shouldn't merely be joyful, but "count it all joy." That is quite a reversal from the way the world and many Christians see things.
He goes on to say that it is through trials that we learn to be steadfast. That means to patiently endure. He chose his words well because the root word for endurance in Greek, hupomone, can also mean cheerful. He went on to tell us that endurance results in maturity, so we lack nothing. So if we can foresee the end product of the various trials in our lives, we will count it "all joy" when we face them.
That sounds like an impossible perspective to maintain. What is your goal? If itis temporary happiness in