Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—1 Peter 4:12-19
by: Susan Bond.
A refiner of silver says that his eye never leaves the figure he is molding. He knows his creation is finished when he can see his reflection in it. This information helps me bear up during the heat-whether it's the heat of an angry moment or of something worse.
The book, Secrets of the Vine, by Bruce Wilkinson explains how God's pruning draws me closer to him. These images together paint a picture in my mind: "apples of gold in pitchers of silver" (Proverbs 25:11, KJV). I never quite understood these words of Solomon before. In this context, the picture can remind me, through my tears, of what God is making of me.