My mother had a saying whenever anything was going wrong, “that this is my cross and trial.”  The cross being something that you have to bear, carry or make your way through. And the trial could possibly be seen as the determination of guilt or innocence.  However, in this instance we are speaking of “trial” as an attempt or effort to do something or achieve a particular goal. We are in essence taking experimental action in order to achieve a desired result. God doesn’t test us.  Yet, we feel, that when we are going through trials and tribulations, which have all come about, because of the choices we have made, that we are being tested by God.  It matters not whether a choice has been made consciously or unconsciously.  It’s still a choice that you have made and the result […]