There was a big crowd at the Maple Harvest Festival. And the most popular station was the "eat-all-you can pancake and syrup", which we had to wait in a queue for more than 30 minutes. But it was worth waiting. I find the plain pancakes, fluffy and steaming hot, go very well with the pure maple syrup and a dollob of butter. In total, I ate 7 pancakes. My wife, however, did not fancy the maple syrup; so, she ate her pancakes with apple sauce and sausages, which were also quite tasty. 
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Proverbs for the Day: The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tests the heart (17:3).
It takes intense heat to purify gold and silver. Similarly, maple sap has to be boiled rigorously before we get to enjoy the sweetness of pure maple syrup.
Do you find it easy to complain when your life becomes complicated or difficult? Why would a loving God allow all kinds of unpleasant experiences to come to his children? It is written in Isaiah 48:10, "See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction." So when tough times come your way, realise that God wants to use them to refine your faith and purify your heart.
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Just like the boiling process involved in the making of sweet maple syrup, it often takes the heat of trials to strenghten our character. High temperatures build characters. And even the worse situations can make us better people. For without the refining, we will not become more pure. For without the testing, we would never know what we are capable of doing, nor would we grow. Allow the fire of adversity to refine you into a "better"; not a "bitter" person!
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