James 1:2-4

Topsy-Turvy Teaching (2010) (9" x 12")

collage on paper

The result of trials, according to James is so that we can become "mature and perfect."  This seems like a high goal, but it is an echo of Jesus' teaching in the Sermon on the Mount to "be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect." One commentator has explained that perfection means being all that we can become.