"My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience."
"Divers temptations" means various trials. In other words, when you are having trouble, don't start crying as if something terrible has happened to you. You are to rejoice and count it all joy that God is testing you in this way. God does not give us trouble for trouble's sake; it is not an end in itself. God has a goal in mind--you can count on that.
There is a reason for them, and it is a good reason. "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."
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