When our faith is tested again and again

You’ve noticed something different about yourself. Previously, when you faced obstacles, you’d give up. Now, you persevere and see the project or trial through … … even when it feels as if you’ve been “waiting on God” forever. Is it because, after years of lukewarm quiet times, you’ve become serious about growing in your relationship with your heavenly Father? If this doesn’t describe you, and reading these words evokes a sense of envy that spills over into regret and wishful thinking, please keep reading. Psalm 1:3 (AMPC) tells us, “And he shall be like a tree firmly planted [and tended] by the streams of water, ready to bring forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also