Tough Times, Transformation, and Our Testimony

We often think of our discipleship transformation in terms of reading the word of God and letting Jesus change what we care about. In this, it may sometimes sound like we are totally in control of the process. We study the Bible, we listen to the Holy Spirit promptings, we pray and accept the "better way" of Jesus and voila, "transformation." But sometimes the tool God uses is not something we are in control of. Sometimes it is life difficulty, trials, and struggles that Jesus uses to he...