There are times when we are required to make decisions which have the potential of separating us from the ones we love. When we are faced with choices that conflict with the principles laid out in God’s word, we have no real choice but to obey God. We grieve our losses (1 Peter 1:6).
God can use painful breaks in relationships to try our faith. Though scientists now use chemicals to purify gold, the impurities used to be removed by heating the gold until it became liquid.
Trials that press hard against the tenderness of our hearts push out the impurities in our attitudes, leaving behind a purer faith and a deeper trust in God.
