This was sent to me by my big boss. I find it very meaningful. So I'd like to share this with anyone reading my blog. Especially my students who are having their A Level papers now, I think it really serves as an encouragement!
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 imagenin 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.
2 comments:
HEY MS LEE!!!!!!
very late to say this, but better late than never?!
the class been talking about you having your blog, and said that you were hilarious in your blog and all, but only few have reached this place cause of the obvious reason of As. anyway, yea, want to thank you FOR EVERYTHING.
really, everything, seems such an insufficient word to cover all aspects of the things that you have done for us, as a class and also personally, as well. and our class do really love you a lot, even though the basic act-toughness do overcome us, and not let u see what we really feel inside. but we thank u from the bottom of our hearts. we really do.
for me, personally,
thanks for looking out for me,
when i needed someone in school to do that.
thanks for protecting me,
as threats appear to cloud our minds from our goals.
thanks for touching my life.
and i would never would forget you, no matter, whether i am successful or poor.
and
hope u have a name for your baby!
i give u a lot hor!
hahas
and me will press on, no mattter how doom seems to hover in the distance in front of me. =)
thanks again.
Hi Chase, I hope everything is going well, I mean your A Level. Thanks for sending me a long list of UNIQUE names, but I think I won't steal your idea, just in case you'll have a dozen children next time and you'll run out of names. Haha..
Take care
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