JOSHUA TIME 498

Malachi 3:3 says: "He will sit as a refiner and purifier ofsilver." A woman called a silversmith and made an appointment towatch him at work. She didn't mention anything about thereason for her interest beyond her curiosity about theprocess of refining silver. As she watched the silversmith, he held a piece of silverover the fire and let it heat up. He explained that inrefining silver, one needed to hold the silver in themiddle of the fire where the flames were hottest as to burnaway 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 thathe had to sit there in front of the fire thewhole time the silver was being refined. The man answered that yes, he not only had to sit thereholding the silver, but he had to keep his eyes on thesilver the entire time it was in the fire. If the silverwas left a moment too long in the flames, it would bedestroyed. Then she asked the silversmith, "How do you know when thesilver is fully refined?"He smiled at her and answered,"Oh, that's easy, when I see myself in it." Today you are feeling the heat of the fire,remember that God has his eye on you and will keep watching youuntil He sees His image in you.Pass this on right now. This very moment, someone needs to knowthat God is watching over them.And, whatever they're going through,they'll be a better person in the end.Whatever you enshrine in your heart exists in eternity, as apure note in the collective harmony. This is as good as itgets.