Knowing God - Malachi 3:3

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[The Lord] shall sit as a refiner

and purifier of silver"

Malachi 3:3

 

The most important word in this phrase -- to me, today -- is "sit."

 

I don't know much about refining silver and gold, but I've come to believe that it's a slow process. You heat the metal. It turns to liquid. Eventually the dross rises to the top. You scoop it out. Then you wait. Eventually more appear. Then you scoop ... and wait ... again and again.

 

Sit means patient.

 

God cares enough about you to stick with you. Hour after hour. Day after day. Year after year. Until you're pure enough to be valuable. And you are valuable. He loves you.

 

In Christ's Love,

a guy with silvery hair who's impurities

have probably caused God to have a few silver hairs

(Thank you, God, for being patient as I seek to become pure)