 When we're faced with adversity and challenge, you know, none of us likes adversity or challenge, but the Lord points out that this is the way in which we grow in greater kindness and gentleness. And he adds an interesting point here. The Father says that not only is our virtue proved each time we render good for evil, but that a good man gives back, quote, fiery coals of love that dispel the hatred and rancor of the heart of the angry. So that from hatred comes benevolence. In other words, a person who is opposed has the opportunity to grow in strength and be fortified in virtue of himself. But also, when a person responds virtuously to the other who is not being so virtuous, it dissipates the fury of vice in the other.