"My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your
faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and
complete, lacking nothing." (James 1:2-4)
"Going down some old cement steps, I noticed an ant carrying a leaf on its back. The leaf was
many times bigger than the ant. Then the ant came to a big crack in the cement that it couldn't
cross. The ant stopped a moment. I wondered if the ant would turn back or proceed into the crack
without the leaf. Instead, the ant put the leaf across the crack and then crossed the crack by
walking across the leaf. On the other side, the ant picked up the leaf and continued on its journey.
It made me think that the burdens of today will be the bridges by which we will be able to cross
the hard places in life in the future." (By Bernabe Spivey)
There is no school that teaches us better than "the school of hard-knocks."