Via Church

Stanislaw J. Lec, a famous Polish poet, once said, “You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.” I wonder how many of us would agree with that statement. When we stop and consider it, it does seem that those who are patient have large doses of it to begin with? But can that really be true? The best tests of our faith in Christ always take place in the midst of life events. It’s when we are in grocery store lines, busy restaurants, driving in traffic, plumbing calls...all places where delays, setbacks, and hindrances happen, that’s where genuine faith is proven. So here we have James, writing to the churches he oversees, trying to help them develop a faith that really works.