As a lifelong Star Wars fan, I have endured the highest of highs as well as the lowest of lows. While the good has typically outweighed the awful, some of my most cherished experiences were birthed from things I didn’t really enjoy or appreciate at first. For example, I didn’t care for the first animated “Clone Wars” movie, but my appreciation for the Clone Wars animated series and all of its spin-offs only grew larger over the years… and without it, I would’ve never gotten to enjoy some of the best Star Wars projects ever made as well as missed out on characters like Ahsoka, the Bad Batch, and many others who were only introduced because it existed first.

Just as there are parts of Star Wars that aren’t my favorite, there are many portions of my real world adventures that I don’t really appreciate at the time I’m going through them… and if I was given the option, I would’ve chosen to skip them entirely. But it was through these painful and unwanted experiences that many of the most important and beautiful moments of my life were birthed, and I gained new insight though these lessons that I couldn’t have learned in my previous places of comfort. As we face today’s trials, let’s look for what the Lord is doing to grow us through them, not just what He is doing to end them… a “new hope” is hidden within.

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

And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. Romans 5:3-5

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