Hardship and discipline are not always punishment for past mistakes. It could be preparation for where you are going, but to get to that place, refinement is needed. The fullness of your true character is never on display until you face adversity and problems. The process to purfiy gold involves increase the heat so that all the hidden impurities rise to the surface and are exposed. If fire is needed to bring out the impurities of gold, if pressure is needed to create diamonds and if fertilizer is needed to produce a great harvest, then so too are times of heat and high pressure needed to...