Our culture has a strange relationship with our bodies. We see it both as dispensable – unconcerned if we hurt it for the sake of pleasure or enjoyment – but we also see it as sacred. It is something we worship, preserve, and define our value in many key .
<p>Trials and hardships in life can make it especially challenging to find joy in life, but the Bible gives us the confidence that joy is possible and achievable even in the darkest of times. This is because joy isn’t based on our happiness, but in our relationship and trust in God.</p>
<p>It has been taught that these “theological” virtues are given by God, to be developed within each believer. And in the act of becoming a more virtuous person, other wonderful qualities will begin to emerge. This whole process is not by chance or by one’s own strength, but through the working of God.</p>