There are times in our lives we experience devastation and ridicule that we must endure in order for faith and resolve to be made complete.  This is not a sign of abandonment or of God’s ability to delver us from our enemies.  Often this is a season of refinement in which we must go through and through fire.  There are many things in our lives that must be purged and remove so that the fruit of the Holy Spirit may spring forth to the Glory and honor of God.