No trouble seems pleasant at the time. Yet in God's economy, it is this pain which brings forth new faith. How often we hear, "I thank God for that hard time; it was the best thing that ever happened to me." Even when we may not find the grace to thank God for our tribulation, we can thank Him for the good that comes from our fire.

Charles Spurgeon said, "Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of."

Pastor Ken