{"id":3657,"date":"2025-12-02T06:00:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T11:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/?p=3657"},"modified":"2025-11-17T14:35:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T19:35:21","slug":"when-life-turns-up-the-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/when-life-turns-up-the-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"When Life Turns Up the Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3672\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Limits-Roosevelt-120125-scaled.png?resize=525%2C280&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"When Life Turns up the heat.\" width=\"525\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Limits-Roosevelt-120125-scaled.png?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Limits-Roosevelt-120125-scaled.png?resize=300%2C160&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Limits-Roosevelt-120125-scaled.png?resize=1024%2C546&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Limits-Roosevelt-120125-scaled.png?resize=768%2C409&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Limits-Roosevelt-120125-scaled.png?w=1575&amp;ssl=1 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>When life turns up the heat and hardship defines our existence, do we see it as punishment or an opportunity to grow?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lately, I have been reflecting on this. Before Joseph arrived at the palace, he was sold into slavery and sent to prison. Before David became king, he had to defeat Goliath and escape from Saul. Esther was orphaned and exiled before she became queen. Moses went from Pharaoh\u2019s palace to herding sheep in the wilderness. God doesn\u2019t give us what we expect; He gives us what we need to be the person He made us to be. That\u2019s the hard part, the refining.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Be a Coffee Bean<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just as God refines His people, heat also reveals what\u2019s inside us. I heard this analogy: If you put an egg, a potato, and a coffee bean each in boiling water. The egg starts soft inside; the heat hardens it. The potato starts hard on the inside, but heat makes it soft. The coffee bean is another story. The coffee bean changes the water, turns it into something useful. The moral is that hardship can turn us hard and callous inside because of our circumstances. Hardship can beat you down, make you lose heart, and surrender your strength. But, hardship did not change the coffee bean; the coffee bean used the heat to change the water.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We all face struggles; it is part of living in a broken world. Hardship doesn\u2019t define us\u2014it refines us into who God designed us to be. Because we live in a fallen world, struggles will happen. God is aware of this and uses those challenges to refine and purify us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Malachi 3:3, \u201cHe will act like a refiner and purifier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In these times, we need not question why this is happening to us, but what do You want me to do next? How do you want me to use what I am going through to become the person I was always destined to be?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.\u201d \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Albert_Einstein\">Albert Einstein<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">When Life Barges In<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When life barges in to create chaos and hardship, that is when we are allowed to show others God\u2019s grace. It is during these moments that others look to us to see what our faith will produce. Anyone can feel thankful in good times, but it takes someone of faith to be thankful during tough times. A person of faith knows that God cares enough about them to use these moments to shape them into something better. They are not looking for excuses or blaming others; instead, they are seeking purpose and direction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jesus experienced everything you&#8217;re going through. Jesus was misunderstood, disappointed by people, lonely, and tempted. If God allowed His Son to face all of that, will He also let you go through it? The reason is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The point I want you to remember is that hardship is not meant to push you down, crush you. It is intended to draw you closer to Jesus and strengthen you. It is through this refining that we see how much God truly cares for us as individuals. He will not allow us to stay the same when a better us lives inside.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Refinement isn\u2019t punishment, it\u2019s preparation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When life turns up the heat and hardship defines our existence, do we see it as punishment or an opportunity to grow? Lately, I have been reflecting on this. Before Joseph arrived at the palace, he was sold into slavery and sent to prison. 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