-4. There is always a reason why we are going through what we are going through, but our attitude while we go through, will determine how we come out of our troubles and how our battles will end. “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.” -James 1:2-4. While we are asking why, about our tragedy, grief, disappointments, pain and agony, God is using them, if we permit Him to do so, to chasten, sharpen and mould us into a much, much better versions of ourselves the image of God, Himself. It hurts but the fire needs to burn away the bad roots, the river and the floods have to wash off and carry away what has become rotten within us. So, hang on my brother and my sister, let us allow the trials to do their work in us. Let us have faith, and mature in the fire, rivers and floods, and come out of it as pure gold. It will end, we will heal, and we will better after it, better than the way we got into it. Refined. So while we ask why, in our agony and confusion, let’s not lose hope, but keep our eyes, ears, minds, hearts, spirits, emotions and bodies, set and fixed on God.