Do things in your life seem like they never work out? Are you facing rejection after rejection? Maybe you are in sales and you aren’t making any progress. Or maybe you can’t have kids. Maybe you keep getting made fun of at school no matter how hard you try to be accepted by your classmates. Sometimes the negative things we face in life can seem unending and relentless.

Have you ever wondered why you may be facing the battles you are going through? I know that hard times can make us feel discouraged and even unloved. But have you ever thought that the circumstances you are facing are actually revealing your true identity?

Let me explain. Gold is a metal that is usually mixed with other metals when it is found. It is then put through a process of refining. This process involves crushing the gold and the metals intermixed down to the size of sand particles and then further into a mud-like substance. After adding chemicals, the gold is put into a 2912 degree furnace for two and a half hours to separate the gold from the other metals! So, how does this relate to you and I?!

In order to find pure gold, there has to be a process of refinement. As written about above, this process isn’t pleasant. It consists of crushing, chemicals and an extremely hot furnace! What if life’s challenges function in the same way? I’m not saying that we should seek suffering, or that getting made fun of is right! But what if we can use negative situations to pull out the gold in ourselves and others?!

Maybe next time we try something and fail at it we can start thinking of all the things we have succeeded at! Instead of allowing that negative comment from our classmate to cut us down, maybe we can forgive them and compliment them about something positive we see in them! The next time resistance comes your way try to look a little deeper to find the gold!

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