"And this hope will not lead to disappointment.
"And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us." ~Romans 5:5 I don’t know about you, but I can always benefit from hope, and, again, the Bible so beautifully tells us why in the very next verse: I don’t know about you, but I’m not a fan of suffering, and yet, God tells us that even our suffering, even all the hard, yucky, knock-you-to-your-knees trials, in the end produce character in us. "Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance perseverance, character and character, hope." ~Romans 5:3-4Ĭharacter is produced by perseverance through suffering. Rather, this verse talks about how character is cultivated, and I’ll warn you, like many other things in life, it ain’t easy. The Bible verse I chose for character doesn’t speak so much on what character’s definition is, though there are plenty of places where that occurs in the Bible and I’ll share those verses below for further study if you’re interested. Are you honest? Are you someone people can rely and trust? If so, then you are a person of character. It’s the traits and the choices a person makes, how you handle hard times, what you do when no one is looking. Īs a writer, when I hear the word character, I automatically think a person from my story, but the true nature of the word describes who that person is heart and soul. I looked up character in the dictionary and in the Bible and my favorite definition was:Ĭharacter: moral or ethical quality: a man of fine, honorable character. "How you handle hard times is a true show of character." ~Submerged The “NIV” and “New International Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.Happy Monday friends! Grab a cuppa and join me for a chat! Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. 15 See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. 14 Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy without holiness no one will see the Lord. 13 "Make level paths for your feet," so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed. 12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. 11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live! 10 Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness.
9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. For what son is not disciplined by his father? 8 If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. 5 And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons: "My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, 6 because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son." 7 Endure hardship as discipline God is treating you as sons. 4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. 2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.
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