This is really good.
Malachi 3:3 "He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver."
This verse puzzledsome women in a Bible study and they wondered what this statement meantabout 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 anappointment to watch him at work. She didn't mention anything about thereason for her interest beyond her curiosity about the process ofrefining silver.
As she watched the silversmith, he held a piece of silver over thefire and let it heat up. He explained that in refining silver, oneneeded to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flameswere 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 refinerand purifier of silver." She asked the silversmith if it was true thathe had to sit there in front of the fire the whole time the silver wasbeing refined.
The man answered that yes, he not only had to sit thereholding the silver, but he had to keep his eyes on the silver theentire time it was in the fire. If the silver was left a moment toolong 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 thatGod has his eye on you and will keep watching you until He sees Hisimage in you.
"Life is a coin. You can spend it anyway you wish, but you can only spend it once."