the created thing” (Romans 1:25), they will tend to miss the good things that the Creator is doing in a situation. Instead, the focus is on the loss of some “created thing.” A trial is a trial to me because it puts what is valuable to me at stake. Manna falling from heaven became a trial to the Israelites because they were not focusing on the covenant love demonstrated by the provision of manna each morning but on its taste as compared to the menu of Egypt! Counselees in their blindness will call