Rhonda,
How beautiful and what a powerful message!  Thanks for sharing it!
Huggs, blessings, and prayers for you and Ben
Virgie and Hoshi
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From: "Rhonda Partain" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 8:21 PM
Subject: refiner's fire


>I got this from another list,
> Interesting...
>> 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 so 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 silversmith 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.
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