Letter 1-3: TRIALS

God is HOLY! God’s anger is a Holy anger, it is when we break His commands, when we exploit and violate the poor, the weak, when we discriminate people.

If we are to imitate God, we must put on LOVE, we cannot be unjust in our ways.

God loves all His children, and we in turn must love all our brothers and sisters in Christ. We must be of one thought, one heart-from God to all of us. 

That which oppresses my brothers or sisters, truly oppresses me.

When we have submitted ourselves to God, only then can God lead us to Perfection.

There is no set pattern for trials. They come at any time and it could be just anybody. 

Trials could be in the form of relationships: 

Parents-children, Husband-Wife
At the workplace - Harassments, losing a job.

At School and College.

With Friends, With neighbours.

Hard times they come through any situation. 

And when we know less of God, we fail to understand GOD and His Ways. There is a time for everything under Heaven. 

Keeping God First, means being in submission and trusting God. God will teach you, His ways. Keep God first place, and everything will fall in line. Perfection does not happen in a day. It comes about gradually. 

GOD is always watching.

Failures in TRIALS could arise when:

A person has never learnt to adjust to others or circumstances.

Everything is always about the person, you. You want to be doing everything. You want to be the focus. And they say-when you over do things, you won't go unpunished. 

Never accepting faults and always blaming others.

You don't like dealing with problems, and you push them under the carpet hoping that is where they will be.

You fail to appreciate people.

You fail to be grateful to everybody. 

Anger is the best defense to keep people from correcting our wrongs.

We forget God is in control. We forget God allows the trials in our life. Everything is a learning curve, we learn to grow in our trust of GOD. 

• Trials come at different times. We do not know when they come.

When we are constantly hit with criticism, having failed yet again in our many attempts, then failure hits us bad. Our ego gets bruised. And this happens, because when we do things, it is our will that is in motion. 
But when we are resting on God's Will, we may fail-we may even face criticism, but we know God is in Charge. And failure hurts, but you know God always Succeeds. There is no failure in God.

• Trials make us stronger.

We learn to rely on God through each season. Every season has its own hardships and there is always something we learn. Perfection is not reached in a day. It is practiced in Time. We grow in God.  

Failure is a big part of learning to succeed. It is in failing that we learn how to reach to Perfection; all in the Grace and Will of God. It is learning to love-when our loved ones could reject us, it is learning to wait (because God says, 'Be Still'. And you know 'God is working behind the scene'.) and trust God for the due Season. 

When you are waiting on God, God is building you up through patience, God is making you skillful through failure. 

When it comes to people, at a particular point of time you could be floating on clouds, and when things do go wrong, you get thrashed.

(((I follow this simple strategy, i treat praise and criticism in the same manner, never letting either one get to my head. In everything i give the best i can, never counting on what others think of me. I always look to God-and what God has to say.)))  

AND with time you will realize what people think must not matter when it comes to your way with God. 

And then you are no more in a hurry. You know when it is time, it will happen. You grow stronger in God, as you grown in God. 

It is the presence of God in my life, that makes me strong.

Trials don't make us weak. Do not resist trials. They lead you to the Heart of God.

• When experiencing anger, look deep into self to know the cause. 

When the answers are not what we expect it could make us irritable. And failure gets even more difficult especially when everybody around you is constantly succeeding. (at work, relationships, etc...) 

Some people get nasty when they face failures. Anger gives way to their emotions. Pride takes control. Unable to accept the truth or be able to speak the truth to anybody, they feel let down. 

And they blame God for letting them down, not fully understanding that what they are going through is a trial, and trials do take time, and very much depending on whether we have learnt what God intends to teach us. God does not want any of His children to fail, so God does what a Good Parent will do. God puts us on the path to succeed-which makes us walk on grounds that cause failure. But many people give up, because they don't understand the journey, they don't know what it feels to walk with God. They have forgotten what it is to enjoy each day to the fullest trusting in God always. It is difficult to have a good time when you are constantly failing. But that is what you need to do. That is the key ingredient: To Have a Good Time-have a Good Day, knowing that God is working behind the scenes.

• The secret is in knowing the Heart of the Father.

When i was little, i never thought what i want to do when i grow up. 

But the one dream i did have was - the dream of a loving Father.

The thing about life is as we grow, some of us remember our dreams, some of us forget it. And with many, their dreams change with time.

But in reality, to a Father, we are always His Children. He never gives up on us. We forget how to approach Him. But God always remembers every-thing about each and every child of His.

When we keep failing, The Loving Father, reinvents a new reason to keep us going. Always the Creator, always The Father. 

Life is difficult and it is most difficult without God. And God takes care of us each and every step of the way. 

God is the Greatest Mathematician, God is our Greatest Encourager!

When we are children, we never worry for anything. Everything is up to the Parents. As children we are carefree. As grown-ups we forget we are children to our loving Father in Heaven. We forget to be Care-Free. 

And ALL we really need to do is be that little child, always Trusting our Heavenly Father and being His carefree child always.

Trials will come. They are there to lead you and me to a staircase to the Heart of the Father. 

Walk those steps as a child, just carefree. 

God will watch over you every step of the way. Remember to be obedient in all things and ways of God. And with time you will know what it means to be care-free in God.

Do not resist the trial. Trust God. 

JMJ

Please also read: Letter 1-4: To Believe!