Eternal Life

I was watching House M.D. with Koop and Steph last night and the doctors were treating a nun. One of the doctors used to be in seminary, so he shared his favorite verse with the nun. It was 1 Peter 1:7, which says: "These trials are only to test your faith, to show that it is strong and pure. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold- and your faith is far more precious to God than mere gold. So if your faith remains strong after being tried by fiery trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world." The doctor was asked why he quit seminary and his response was because he could not handle the trials and did not truly believe. That is really sad. The man was training to be a servant of God and just could not feel God's blessing on him. We all go through trials and temptations in our lives, but we know that God is still there for us. God will not allow us to go through more than we can handle. However, we need to realize that he knows what we can handle better than we know what we can handle. God is always helping us along the way, even while we think Satan is kicking us down. God is not evil, but good. Sure, we still have those trials and temptations, but they are meant to make our faith stronger. If God is for us no one can possibly be against us. We are God's children and he cares about us deeply.