Today is Monday, June 30th, 2003; Karen's Korner #81

I recently got this pass around e-mail from both my sister Eileen; and Ron and Al Bennett.

Some of these notes we may have seen before, or maybe not. No matter, it is a good one!

 

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 the 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.

 

This very moment, someone needs to know that God
is watching over them. Whatever you're (or they're) going through,

you'll (they'll) be a better person in the end.


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