Paul and James both say that we should rejoice in our trials because of their beneficial results. It is not the adversity considered in itself that is to be the ground of our joy. Rather, it is the expectation of the results, the development of our character that should cause us to rejoice in adversity. God does not ask us to rejoice because we have lost our job, or a loved one has been stricken with cancer, or a child has been born with an incurable birth defect. But He does tell us to rejoice because we believe He is in control of those circumstances and is at work through them for our ultimate good.
Jerry Bridges

The Transfusion

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When I was born, I had extreme jaundice – so a blood transfusion was performed to give me healthy blood to make me well again.  I sometimes wonder whose blood I received, and what impact that has had on my life.  Not many years later, another event happened, thanks to blood…

The Bible says in Leviticus 17:11:  “For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it for you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement, by reason of the life.”

Jesus gave His life and blood to save me and you.  His blood can make us well again.  But more than that, he can renew our minds and heart…Psalm 51:10 “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.”   The right Spirit is the Holy Spirit of God.  He is the Counselor that Jesus promised would come to guide us while we wait to be united with Jesus.

If you want to know more about the Life Jesus offers, let him know in a prayer.  Just talk to him.