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Fiery trials – who wants them? But these trials do test our character. When hardships come, we know that they will either make or break us. If we allow God to weigh in, they will make us.

Probably trees' greatest enemy comes in the nature of forest fires. We have seen the devastation of a forest fire. Yet the experts say that small and frequent fires called “cool” fires help clean the forest floor to promote good healthy grow of trees.

James wrote to the early Christians in about 60 AD who faced the fiery trials that included losing their homes and being driven from the communities where they...