Our family was struggling financially back in the 1980s. We spend time together on various projects, but the one that taught us the most involved five eggs and a little yellow incubator.
Faithfully we turned the eggs and kept the water level and light just right. We put an X on one side of the shell and an O on the other to make sure we were turning them properly. We watched and waited for the eggs to hatch. By putting an ear close to the incubator, you could hear a slight scratching or pecking. Finally, cracks would develop and the chick's beak and then more and more of it would emerge. They were all hatching successfully, except one.
We decided to help that chicken along in the hatching process.Carefully, we removed pieces of shell. Worn out from the struggle, the chick seemed grateful to be free. But wait, it's dying! It just fell over and stopped breathing. What went wrong?
The newly hatched chicks are gathered around the light for warmth. They are active and appear strong and healthy. Do you suppose that epic struggle they went through to get out of the shell is what made them strong; able to survive in their world?
Could it be that struggles and adversity are designed to strengthen us too? I believe strength is forged in the bonds of suffering. The divine Blacksmith knows the precise amount of heat to apply to make a fine tool of you. So when pressure hammers away at you, or the cold waters of disappointment cover you, that is when you are being shaped into a person who will survive and thrive in this world. And, He never takes His eyes off the precious person He is forming - strong, resilient, capable, a tool reflecting His workmanship. Doma
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