One of the first Scriptures I have ever memorized is one that has stuck with me for 20 years. It reminds me to get perspective in tough times and to see with different eyes because of the goodness of God. Here are those verses: James 1:2-4 (NASB) --- Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. Why did I memorize it? Someone gave me a tape of an awesome preacher that I thought a lot of (he has since fallen big time). I listened to that sermon over and over and found the concepts of the verses etched in me, in my heart. They tell us that trials will come our way, and that we need to be ready for them because the results will be OK and even for our good. Can we humans handle that? Some can. Some can't. But God's plan for us is perfect. That is where the Bible comes into play. It giv...