It’s easy to be bold and courageous if everything is going your way.  But you’ll never fully discover who Jesus really is unless you walk through one life-stretching, faith-forming challenge after another.

From Isaiah 43:2-3:  “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.”