Times Of Trouble, Gifts Of Grace?

Some people say we can learn in peace what God seems best able to convey in conflict. But if gold could be refined without fire, someone would have figured out a way to do that by now. It cannot be done with precious metals, and it cannot be done with precious people, either.

So if times of trouble can become gifts of God’s grace, we have to be open to the possibility of encountering either one at any time. But sometimes it takes a time of trouble for us to acknowledge and accept His gift of grace. This is what Jacob learned.

Click the graphic above to read the rest of the article I wrote recently published in the May 10, 2007 edition of my church's magazine called the Adventist Review.