THE SECRET ALLIANCE AND MISSION OF PATIENCE, HEAT, AND PRESSURE
home > Pastor’s Desk > The Secret Life of Patience, Heat, And Pressure THE SECRET ALLIANCE AND MISSION OF PATIENCE, HEAT, AND PRESSURE UNVEILING THE INGREDIENTS AND PROCESS OF TURNING ORDINARY TO PRECIOUS In a matter of weeks Kim and I will celebrate...DeFining iDentity
Things happen in life which help refine us into fine people again – refining. After all, we each need refining from time to time. Our bad attitudes such as bitterness, ungratefulness, unforgiveness, and slothfulness all becomes dross which cloud our lives and makes us less able to reflect God’s glory. The refining of metals in a furnace, especially silver and gold, helps to remove their impurities. The more silver is refined, for example, the more it becomes reflective. This is the picture that Malachi paints in Malachi 3:3 where God is the Refiner and His people are the silver.