CONSIDER IT PURE JOY

2 Consider it Pure Joy,

My Brothers and Sisters,

Whenever you Face Trials

Of many kinds,

3 Because you know

That the Testing of your Faith

Produces Perseverance,

4 Let Perseverance Finish its Work

So that you may be Mature and Complete,

Not Lacking Anything.

5 If Any of you Lack Wisdom,

You should Ask God,

Who Gives Generously to All

Without Finding Fault,

And it will be Given to you.

6 But when you Ask,

You must Believe and Not Doubt,

Because the One who Doubts

Is like a Wave of the Sea,

Blown and Tossed by the Wind.

7 That Person should not Expect

To Receive Anything from the Lord.

8 Such a Person is Double-minded

And Unstable In All They Do.

(James 1:2-8, NIV)