I have been blessed with steadfastness. My family calls it stubbornness, willfulness, self-absorption. I get that, I am humbled by my manifold human failings. I also know that when I meet trials of various kinds, my faith saves me.

James 1:2-4 - 

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

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