James 1:2 ASV, James 1:3-4 ASV, James 1:15 ASV and James 1:17 ASV

Count it pure joy? That's not easy to do....I know that when I'm going through things, it's so easy to question God's plan for my life. "The testing of your faith develops perserverance. Perserverance must finish its work so that [I] may be mature and complete, not lacking in anything."