…There is wonderful joy
ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while. These trials
will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith
is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through
many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when
Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.
The looming electronic sign,
posted at the entrance of the country road I travel regularly on my daily
commute, got my attention.
“New traffic pattern on or
about 3/31/17,” it warned.
New traffic pattern on this road? I wondered. What changes could
they make to this narrow two-mile two-lane road that meanders through the
countryside, skirting farmlands, wetlands, and a couple of small housing
communities?
With no sight of
construction under way, I was perplexed. What changes can be made in a week’s
time?
