Thursday, February 10, 2011
The main end of life is not to do but to become. And for this, we are being prepared every day. As silver is refined by fire, the heart is often refined in the furnace of sadness. The refining process may be very painful, but it will not destroy us, for the Refiner sits by the furnace tending the flame. He will not allow us to be tried beyond our endurance. It is for our own good.
We may not understand why we have to endure such misery year after year. The ordeal seems endless and pointless. Our days are wasted or so it appears. But our God is doing what matters -- we are being refined. He is placing us into a crucible in which we acquire patience, meekness, humility, and compassion and the other quiet virtues our souls naturally lack.
So don't be afraid, and don't fret. Your present trial, as painful as it may be, has been screened through God's wisdom and love. The Refiner sits beside the crucible, tempering the flame, monitoring the process, waiting patiently until His face is mirrored in the surface.
─ SMS, Ellen Soliman, 2009
We may not understand why we have to endure such misery year after year. The ordeal seems endless and pointless. Our days are wasted or so it appears. But our God is doing what matters -- we are being refined. He is placing us into a crucible in which we acquire patience, meekness, humility, and compassion and the other quiet virtues our souls naturally lack.
So don't be afraid, and don't fret. Your present trial, as painful as it may be, has been screened through God's wisdom and love. The Refiner sits beside the crucible, tempering the flame, monitoring the process, waiting patiently until His face is mirrored in the surface.
─ SMS, Ellen Soliman, 2009
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2 comments:
Agreed! *Thumbs up*
That's why i don't worry when my cute butt is refined *touching swolen butt*..it's really refined..*sniff sniff*
"refined butt" Hahaha!!!
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