When we read of ‘trials’ we too often forget the implication of the word which is not calamity but proof as, for instance, where we speak of a new car or aeroplane being put through its ‘trials’. God never gave us faith as an ornament but as a working tool, a piece of equipment to be used in battle, something that can take hard knocks and the heat of trying situations.
(Peter Lewis)
"Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and you will call him Immanuel."
Isaiah 7: 14