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Received by email
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The following are snippets which
were received by email, and are shared here for your
encouragement.
Refiner's Fire
Malachi 3:3 says: "He will sit as a refiner and purifier
of silver."
This verse puzzled some women in a Bible study and they
wondered what this statement meant about the character
and nature of God.
One of the women offered to find out the process of
refining silver and get back to the group at their next
Bible Study. That week, the woman called a silversmith
and made an appointment to watch him at work. She didn't
mention anything about the reason for her interest
beyond her curiosity about the process of refining
Silver.
As she watched the silversmith, he held a piece of
silver over the fire and let it heat up. He explained
that in refining silver, one needed to hold the silver
in the middle of the fire where the flames were hottest
as to burn away all the impurities.
The woman thought about God holding us in such a hot
spot; then she thought again about the verse that says:
"He sits as a refiner and purifier of silver." She asked
the silversmith if it was true that he had to sit there
in front of the fire the whole time the silver was being
refined.
The man answered that yes, he not only had to sit there
holding the silver, but he had to keep his eyes on the
silver the entire time it was in the fire. If the silver
was left a moment too long in the flames, it would be
destroyed. The woman was silent for a moment. Then she
asked the silversmith, "How do you know when the silver
is fully refined?"
He smiled at her and answered, "Oh, that's easy -- when
I see my image in it."
If today you are feeling the heat of the fire , remember
that God has his eye on you and will keep watching you
until He sees His image in you.
Pass this on right now. This very moment, someone needs
to know that God is watching over them.
And, whatever they're going through, they'll be a better
person in the end.
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