Adversity

Chuck Swindoll tells about commercial transportation of codfish cross country, which was a problem for quite sometime. At first the fish were frozen and shipped, but they lost their flavor in the freezing/thawing process. Next they were shipped live in tanks, but they arrived at their destination soft and mush, the meat having lost its texture.
Someone then had the idea of shipping the cod with their natural enemy: the catfish. From the time the codfish left the east coast, they were chased around the tank by catfish. When they arrived at market, they were as fresh as when they were first caught. No loss of flavor, no loss of texture.
Each one us at times will find ourselves in a tank of inescapable circumstances, which is painful enough. But there are also some God appointed "catfish" to bring sufficient tension that keeps us alive, alert, fresh, and growing. It's all part of God's project to shape our character so we will be more like his Son.

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