What Trials Build
"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
In ancient workshops, smiths heated gold in a furnace until dross rose to the top. The fire did not destroy the gold. It revealed what was pure and burned away what was fake. James says trials test faith the same way. Hard weeks are not proof God left. They can shape something steady in you that survives the heat.