The Refiner's Fire

One day, a man came upon a silversmith's store. Out of curiosity, he asked, "How do you purify silver?"

The silvermith replied, "You have to hold the piece of crude metal in the hottest part of the fire, only the hottest part! Because only there will the impurities be removed."

"Oh okay, but is it true that you have to stand in front of the furnace during the whole process?"

"Yeah, if it's taken out from the fire a split second too early or too late, the whole piece of metal will be ruined."

"How would you know then, when it is ready?

"When i see my reflection in it."


To Him, we are that very piece of metal. He watches over us as we are moulded into what He wants us to be.
Like the proverbial woman who broke her precious alabaster jar just to honour Jesus before his death, i will be broken on the inside out for Him, and invest my life into something which will outlast it.