Is there something you are facing now (or have faced in your past) that you wish God would just take away?

Did God do it? How did you respond if God did not remove the burden, trial, or setback? What if God did not respond as timely as you would have liked?

What if God, in His infinite wisdom, uses difficulty and hardship as formative and transformative in the lives of His people? I am suggesting just that. Not only do the books of James, Romans, Philippians, Hebrews, and Psalms speak of growth through adversity, the apostle Paul proudly proclaims it in this apex passage of 2 Corinthians.