What if God could not manage to ripen your life without suffering? It is very easy for us to speak and theorize about faith; Oh, happy are we if the hurricanes that ripple life’s unquiet sea have the effect of making Jesus more precious. Better the storm with Christ then smooth waters without Him. – Many of us need no other argument than our own experiences to prove that suffering is indeed God’s testing room of faith. (tiny thought day : Streams in the Desert)