“Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.” — James 1:2–3 (ESV)
Tomorrow we gather.
It’s Mother’s Day, and we’ll be hearing from a special speaker — so we won’t be opening James 1:1–12 together as I’d planned. But the road we’ve been walking this week doesn’t pause for the calendar. The trial that’s crushing you and the comfort that’s quietly forming you are both still on the road. Both are still where Jesus meets you.
Bring the trial you named on Monday. Bring the question you asked Tuesday. Bring the open hands from Wednesday. Bring the saint you thanked on Thursday. Bring whatever you couldn’t quite do yet. And bring this: Trial isn’t a detour from the Christian life. It’s the road.
James was written to a scattered people. You’re not scattered tomorrow. You’re the gathered church — honoring the mothers among us, welcoming our guest, and learning to walk this road as one body.
Don’t come to be entertained. Come to be formed.
Today: Pray for one person you’ll see tomorrow. Pray they show up. Pray Jesus meets them where they are.