The weight of the world

Daniel - Chapter 3 NAB
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King Nebuchadnezzar rose in haste and asked his nobles, "Did we not cast three men bound into the fire?" "Assuredly, O king," they answered.
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"But," he replied, "I see four men unfettered and unhurt, walking in the fire, and the fourth looks like a son of God."
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Then Nebuchadnezzar came to the opening of the white-hot furnace and called to Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: "Servants of the most high God, come out." Thereupon Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire.
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When the satraps, prefects, governors, and nobles of the king came together, they saw that the fire had had no power over the bodies of these men; not a hair of their heads had been singed, nor were their garments altered; there was not even a smell of fire about them.
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Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed, "Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who sent his angel to deliver the servants that trusted in him; they disobeyed the royal command and yielded their bodies rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.
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Therefore I decree for nations and peoples of every language that whoever blasphemes the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall be cut to pieces and his house destroyed. For there is no other God who can rescue like this."

Read the Entire Chapter (with beautiful song) HERE.

I have always liked this story, mostly because of the power of God, and also for a more morbid curiosity I have. The Lion's Den Story and Judith beheading Holofernes also are my favorites. They outright scare the crap out of me, and I like that.

Sometimes God's plan for us involves getting frightened. Sometimes it involves suffering. I am going to try and not whine too much and gripe about life, because suffering is cathartic.
Here is a good story on Redemptive Suffering.