Topics:<\/b> Adversity; Hardship; Science; Suffering<\/p>\n
References:<\/b> Job 23:10; Isaiah 48:10; 2 Corinthians 4:17<\/p>\n
For two years, scientists sequestered themselves in an artificial environment called Biosphere 2. Inside their self-sustaining community, the Biospherians created a number of mini-environments, including a desert, rain forest, and ocean. Nearly every weather condition could be simulated except one: wind.<\/p>\n
Over time, the effects of their windless environment became apparent. A number of acacia trees bent over and snapped. Without the stress of wind to strengthen the wood, the trunks grew weak and could not hold up their own weight.<\/p>\n
Though our culture shuns hardship, we would do well to remember that God uses hardship \u201cfor our good, that we may share in his holiness\u201d (Hebrews 12:10).<\/p>\n
\u2014Jay Akkerman, in Fresh Illustrations for Preaching and Teaching<\/i> (Baker, 1997)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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