Trails bring testimonies...

GOD has been faithful and merciful towards my family..PRAISE GOD for HIS LOVE ENDURES FOREVER!

Its just one month that Dad was sick and now, mom takes her turn! But this time tooo ONLY by GOD's grace we endured it yet again! PRAISE and HONOR and GLORY be to HIM alone!

I was riding home with a grateful heart and suddenly heard crackers burst on the road, I just choked in fear the immediate moment. Then within msecs another cracker bursts, and I choked a little less this time.. then for third I was like preparing to hear more of it and was choking less for each sound, gradually after a series of cracker bursts I was irritated for a while then as it continued it dint bother me much, coz I chose to ignore it...Once I passed that Lane, it was so calm n silent on the road, I was feeling all peaceful and was thinking and correlating this occurrence to our lives..How similar it is...When Trails come, we choke hard, fear attacks, then when yet another trail comes, though we fear it we feel little better, later on, more and more trails...testing times are highly prone to irritability for me, fear all around! fighting the thoughts in mind! coz we know it all the more that its just a phase and we are awaiting for eternity which is very close at the end of the road...

I was thinking and questioning myself IF this is what is called as enduring trails?!

Where else can I find an answer for trails?! :) Here it is:

James Chapter 1: 2-18
Trials and Temptations


2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,[a] 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 lacks 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.
9 Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position. 
10 But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower. 
11 For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich will fade away even while they go about their business.
12 Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
13 When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; 
14 but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. 
15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
16 Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. 
17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. 
18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

This verse, hit me the most:

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.

This verse encouraged me:

12 Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.