Life may be a coin...

A very good friend shared this, hope you'll find this interesting...

Malachi 3:3 says: "He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver." This verse puzzled some women in a Bible study and they wondered whatthis statement meant about the character and nature of God.One of the women offered to find out the process of refining silverand get back to the group at their next Bible Study.That week, the woman called a silversmith and made an appointment towatch him at work. She didn't mention anything about the reason forher interest beyond her curiosity about the process of refiningSilver.As she watched the silversmith, he held a piece of silver over thefire and let it heat up. He explained that in refining silver, oneneeded to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flameswere hottest as to burn away all the impurities.The woman thought about God holding us in such a hot spot; then shethought again about the verse that says: purifier of silver." She asked the silversmith if it was true that hehad to sit there in front of the fire the whole time the silver wasbeing refined.The man answered that yes, he not only had to sit there holding thesilver, but he had to keep his eyes on the silver the entire time itwas in the fire. If the silver was left a moment too long in theflames, it would be destroyed.The woman was silent for a moment. Then she asked the silversmith,"How do you know when the silver is fully refined?" 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 hashis eye on you and will keep watching you until He sees His image inyou. Pass this on right now. This very moment, someone needs to know thatGod is watching over them.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 onlyspend it once."