Refinement.

More about refinement... Take joy in it! It's a sign you're His kid. He refines those He loves. He chastises His children. Just like a father wants the best for his kids, He wants the best for you. He's not going to leave you in the mess you're in. He wants to intervene and fix things. He wants to shape you and form you into the person He created you to be. He has good plans for you. Don't shy away from the work He's doing in your life. Walk in the light. Ask to be filled with the Holy Spirit. Spend time with other believers. Find encouragement. Pray always. Don't forget what He's already done in your life. Don't forget who He is. Allow Him to work. And yield to Him. It's all about love. It's all about relationship. And it's all about bringing Him glory. 

"For whom the LORD loves He corrects, just as a father the son in whom he delights." -Proverbs 3:12

"If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?" -Hebrews 12:7 

"Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it." -Hebrews 12:11

"For the Lord will not cast off forever. Though He causes grief, yet He will show compassion according to the multitude of His mercies. For He does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men." -Lamentations 3:31-33

"For the turning away of fools will destroy them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them; but whoever listens to me will dwell safely, and will be secure, without fear of evil." -Proverbs 1:32-33

"The way of the LORD is strength for the upright, but destruction will come to the workers of iniquity." -Proverbs 10:29 

"The wise in heart will receive commands, but a prating fool will fall." -Proverbs 10:8

"Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid." -Proverbs 12:1 

"He who despises the word will be destroyed, but he who fears the commandment will be rewarded." -Proverbs 13:13

"The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to turn one away from the snares of death." -Proverbs 14:27 

"The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and before honor is humility." -Proverbs 15:33

"I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh." -Galatians 5:16 

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