A Prayer to Remain Steadfast Under Trials by Tiffany Tabaults, read by Liam Arton.

Lest is a man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test, he will

receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him.

James 1-12. Little girls love to dress up. They're drawn to sparkly jewelry and if they're

blessed with a pretty tiara, even though it's plastic, they'll wear it excitedly as they go to

the grocery store with their parents. They wear their crown proudly, carrying their head high,

as they expect everyone around to notice their regality, their beauty, and their presence.

James 1-12 gives us the promise of something that only royalty can get, a crown.

We, with not even one drop of royal blood in our veins, are promised a crown,

and not just any old crown, found in a costume box, and definitely not the plastic one from

the toy section, not those. God's promised us that we will most definitely receive a crown

upon our head. We will be crowned with a crown of life by the king of kings himself.

My little girls received a crown to match their princess stresses because I loved them,

and I loved seeing them dress up and have tea parties, the way they walked, acted, danced,

and entertained themselves while wearing their tiaras brought me great joy. It blessed me.

Our Heavenly Father also dearly loves us. He promises to give us the crown of life,

but James 1-12 says, we must first do something. We must persevere under our trials.

We must successfully walk through the tests that come our way. We must accept the word that

God calls us when those trials come our way. Blessed. What? How can trouble? How can something

hard and painful? How can that thing that we're facing? How can it be considered a blessing?

It is a blessing if we view it as such. You see as the troubles come and we cling to the Lord,

our faith grows. Our determination to stay holding onto the Lord despite the struggles we find ourselves

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