I was listening to a song by Travis Greene “while I’m waiting”, an affirmation of his faith in God in spite of his many trials. However, he described his attitude in the process: working, reading, believing and doing, atypical in achieving great feats. Faith without work is dead!
Trial: “a test, usually over a limited period of time, to discover how effective or suitable something or someone is” (Cambridge dictionary).
The emphasis on duration is quite profound, my human mind tends to be quickly overwhelmed by tests forgetting their often time-bound nature, and sometimes missing the wisdom being conveyed.
This is not to trivialise those with enormous adversity, my point is we can learn, grow and thrive in and irrespective of our trials.
Can you think of any test you have “passed” through? They are validations of YOU much more than anything else.
Lanre Olabode
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