Sift. Prune. Test. Conform. God is in the process of building us up in strength. He allows us to be in certain situations so that He can teach us that He is able to do through us what we cannot do on our own. Then when we get in future situations, we have confidence to draw from who God has been in the past, so that we know how God is going to move in the future. "We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but no