“Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction” (Isaiah 48:10, NKJV).
Our pastor posted something on the web. We are in Seattle, but it seems like the virus is much worse elsewhere now. Anyway - he said something like “I’ve been thinking - how am I going to be a different person after this? This is a life-changing event for us, for the entire world. How am I going to be different?
If I’m the same person on the other end of this - I don’t think that is right. I don’t think it is possible. So everyday I am asking God, and looking for ways that it will make me a better person, and a stronger Believer in God.”
He said it a lot better, but that was the gist of it.