It happens again and again: people go through the most difficult circumstances imaginable, and come out on the other side with rock-solid, unshakable faith.

     As they describe their stories later, they say, "I wouldn't have signed up for it; I wouldn't choose to go through it again; and I wouldn't wish it on anybody else. But God did something in the middle of those circumstances that I don't think he could have done any other way."

    Our faith is permanently impacted by these big, bad, bold, unexpected circumstances. And that's not accidental; it's intentional on God's part.