Written,
Re-typed, or Copied by Johanna Hobrath, August 13, 2010
Today,
August 13, 2010, another email message is being published onto the
"Email Messages" Web Section of the Halo Ministries. This
email message focuses upon the spiritual aspects in one's life. May
this profound email message also bring thoughts of wanting to be a better
person. I am reminded of a Scripture Verse that tells us: "But
we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are
changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of
the Lord." II Corinthians 3:18
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REFINING
SILVER
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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.
Johanna's
question/comments:
"Does God see the qualities of Jesus in all of us?" To
read a powerful synopsis about "JESUS", please click "WHAT
IS GOD?"
