Some crops grow better in manure
You can find anything online! Here's a manure chart! What kind to use, on what garden, and in what season(s). God is the Master Gardener. He knows exactly what it takes for each of His "flowers" need to grow into His likeness. Would Paul have written his letters to the churches if he weren't in a feces-ridden prison cell? Not sure. But we have the majority of the New Testament thanks to Paul allowing God to use him in the crappiest (literally) of circumstances. What about us? We are most likely not in a literal prison cell. But what parameters is Jesus using in your life to grow you? Do you want to mature and grow? Paul wasn't being chastised or punished by God! Paul was not "in sin." Quite the contraty! He was imprisoned for working for God! For preaching the gospel. So when our "stinking" situations are not changing, will we let God use it to grow us up? Will we let ourselves be used by Him instead of complaining, getting de