Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls."
1 Peter 1:7-9
This is often something that we don't realize or can't really see until after the fact, but the idea that our trials are precious is an important one, as we grow in our faith and realize that God isn't our adversary, but our ally... and really, the best friend we could ever have.
The verse before this acknowledges that sometimes "for a season, if need be, [we] are in heaviness," but, as we typically only see in hindsight, the hard times in our lives often give us the impetus and motivation to grow and improve. Times when we feel the most bereft can be the times when we learn to truly rely on God. And that lesson, as well as others learned in similar ways, is precious, even though it was hard to learn.
Today, even if we are going through the "tried with fire" types of difficulties in our lives, let's keep in mind the lesson here... that with God's help, even the worst of our trials work together for our good, helping us to become better, more refined people. Let's see them as precious, if we can, even while we are going through them, and talk with God about what we can learn. As we do, perhaps our perspectives will change a little bit and we'll be able to be more patient with trials and more confident in God, as he shows us more of his plan for us as individuals.
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