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Greetings, VCS friends, family, and Body of Christ!  

I was reading in James 1 this week and thought, “Whoa. This hits.” So often when we are talking to students, our own children, or any child, we are carefully assessing the circumstance and searching God’s Word for answers.  I have found children to be amazingly honest, innocently needful, and far more often than not, grateful. 

A child has a keen sense of both justice and injustice, A child has a faith and a hope that those who care for them will do their very best to care for them. I do believe that they too are very forgiving as well when we say “I’m sorry,” and they so easily begin again.  

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to retain that child-like faith? We can! We have such a good Heavenly Father who loves us and has offered His Son on the cross to forgive our sins, give us eternal life, and then make us more like HIm. 

James 1:2-6 says, “Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing. 

If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind.” 

I hope these verses are as much of an encouragement to you as they are to me.  Whatever we face, we can turn to our perfect Heavenly Father! We can ask Him for wisdom knowing He will give, give generously! And He gives without finding fault!  Praise Him.  

We hope each of your beautiful families has a wonderful extended weekend!  

In Christ, 

Kathy Thompson