trials

So be truly glad!

There is wonderful joy ahead,

     even though it is necessary for you to endure many trials for a while.

These trials are only to test your faith,

     to show that it is strong & pure.

It is being tested as fire tests & purifies gold;

     & your faith is far more precious to God than gold.

(1 Peter 1:6b, 7)



I don't pretend to understand what's going on what tough stuff hits our lives.

Maybe this helps understand it a little better.

Refining is a process when HIGH heat is applied to a metal,

    thus burning off the impurities,

    and in the end making the metal more pure,

    & far more beautiful.

See the parallels that can be drawn to our own situations?

And like I said, maybe that helps explain where you & I are at right now?