Face The Son

How do you prefer your eggs? It's a tall order for the cook when preparing eggs for multiple guys with varying tastes. I do recall serving more than a few [intended] over-easy with a smile, a disclaimer, and an "oops, sorry." Remaining joyful in the oops-sorry times of life is a challenge. Truth is, life-stuff just isn't always to our liking (aka joyful). Any given day or circumstance or relationship can turn south-or-sour, like an over-easy egg spreads throughout the skillet. How do we regain lost joy?  James writes, "Consider it nothing but joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you fall into various trials. Be assured that the testing of your faith [through experience] produces endurance [leading to spiritual maturity, and inner peace]." (James 1:2-3, AMP). The mastery of life here on this earth depends on how well we  learn to persevere in all the days of our lives - joyfully sunny or dismally gray. I like this saying, "Keep your face to the Son, and you cannot see the shadows."  What great words to endure with joy ... face The Son!