Fire Makes Us Fertile

“In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.” – 1 Peter 1:6-7 I believe we have all had experiences where we felt cut down. Your life may have been turned upside down. Perhaps you lost a lawsuit, faced betrayal, went through a divorce, or lost your job. Maybe your business failed, your church collapsed, or you experienced the loss of someone incredibly important to you. It’s as if your entire life has been burned to the ground, leaving you with a sense of utter emptiness, feeling like all you have is nothing, nothing at all. You might feel like your life