From the victories celebrated by Easter, life resurrected, opening the door for us to go beyond death, we may this day or season flop into trials and challenges, truly part of life.  But here’s a different and engaging approach from what I often hear. 

“Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides.  You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors.  So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely.  Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way.”  An attitude vector, a life paradigm change, by the same resurrection power. 

Father draw us to see life with You, beyond our daily definitions of struggles and challenges.  In everything, we give You thanks.  Teach us to bring our all to You, maturely allowing Your Spirit of Christ to trust You even more.  So flip our flops, all to Your glory and honor.

James 1:2-4, 1 Thessalonians 5:18 MSG