Pain is certainly one prescription for what ails our fallen world. God sometimes uses it to refine our character, and remove whatever is keeping us from becoming like Him. This means that the essence is already there, despite the baggage we have added. Cooperate with the process.
“Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction.” Ps.48.10 Conversations Within ts 5/30/
