I copied this from the internet. A.W. Tozer wrote, “It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until he has hurt him deeply. God actually rises up storms of conflict in relationships at times in order to accomplish that deeper work in our character. We cannot love our enemies in our own strength. This is graduate-level grace.”

There is no grace when we act independent of God. He resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. James 4:6. Are you struggling with difficult interpersonal relationships? He uses our adversity to hone our character.

Character is developed through our hard trials. Romans 5:3-4 Amplified says, “Moreover (let us also be full of joy now!) let us exult and triumph in our troubles and rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that pressure and affliction and hardship produce patient and unswerving endurance. And endurance (fortitude) develops maturity of character (approved faith and tried integrity)…”