Just a Thought

I'm reading "From Beirut to Jerusalem" by Thomas L. Friedman. He is a reporter who spent ten years in the Middle East. In one of the many stories he has told an interesting thought appeared. "People discovered something about their inner strength when they were tested, like a metal that can only achieve its real hardness at the highest temperature." (Richard Day, p. 45, From Beirut to Jerusalem). As believers in Christ are we ready to prove our strength? Of course. No. Are we really ready to be prove our strength? The only way to really see the strength of metal is when pressure is applied. How much can you bear? Just a thought.