Re: This is my reason for my life

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PEGGY, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. I TOTALLY LOVE IT AND ESPECIALLY THE

BOTTOM.

I LOVE YOU THIS DAY !!

HEAVEN IS IN THE NEXT ROOM !!

MARY LOU (74) RICHMOND VA

IPF '02

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> Malachi 3:3 says: 'He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver.'

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> 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.

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> That week, the woman called a silversmith and made an appointment

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> watch him at work. She didn't mention anything about the reason

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> 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

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> thought again about the verse that says: 'He sits as a refiner

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> 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.

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> 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.

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> The woman was silent for a moment. Then she asked the silversmith,

> 'How do you know when the silver is fully refined?'

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> 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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> And, whatever they're going through, they'll be a better person in

> the end.

> 'Life is a coin. You can spend it anyway you wish, but you can

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> spend it once.'

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> Love and Prayers, Peggy

> IPF 2004, Florida

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> " Worry looks around,

> Sorry looks back,

> Faith looks up. "

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