Some of my sweet friends are being molded and refined into beings that reflect God right now. Some trials harsher than others. One in particular is glowing God's presence in such a dark moment. Today I literally looked at her and saw the treasures she is collecting in Heaven. She might disagree, but God's glory was absolutely on her. Her words she spoke were so fragrant with faith, truth, and pain that it circled her giving a supernatural... She might not FEEL connected with God right now...but what I'm learning is that faith is believing what you know about God and saying it and believing its truth even though emotionally you are not on the same level. Its hoping (knowing eventually it will happen), hoping that the rest of you will catch up with the truth you're speaking. Her 'trial' is not wasted because He has already been glorified through her situation by her actions. She protected that life from being lived in vain because, I believe, her faith must be pleasing to God, even if she does not realize it.