The folk maxim, "When you're up to your neck in alligators, it is hard to remember that your goal was to drain the swamp," has a church corollary: "When you're up to your neck in trials, it's easy to forget you are in training to be a member of the God family." The antidote to forgetting is focus, remembering that everything happening to people called according to God's plan fits into a pattern for ultimate good. Intellectually, we can assent to this understanding, but emotionally it is hard, especially in a searing trial. The sermonette provides inspiring examples of people in grave trials keeping their eyes on the prize.