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The story of refining: A group of women doing a study of the book of Malachi in the Old Testament and they came across part of chapter 3 verse 3 where it said, “And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver” And it puzzled them and so they wanted to better understand what this statement meant in the character and nature of GOD. So, one of the women volunteered to investigate the process of refining silver and get back to them at their next bible study. So that week she called up a silver smith and said, “can I come watch you while you work” and she did not mention anything why she was wanting to do this other than her curiosity of the process of refining silver. So, he agreed, and she went. As she watched him, He held a piece of silver over the fire. He explained that in the process of refining silver one needed to hold the piece in the middle of the fire where it is the hottest as top burn all the impurities away. The woman thought about GOD holding us in such a hot spot and then again thought about the verse, HE SITS AS A REFINER AND PURIFIER OF SILVER. So, she asked the silver smith if it was true that he had to sit there in front of the fire the entire time the silver was being refined. He said yes and then went on to say not only did he have to sit there but he had to keep a VERY close eye on it because if it was left a moment too long it would be damaged. The woman was silent for a moment. Then she said how do you know when the silver is fully refined… He smiled and said that’s easy, ITS WHEN I SEE MY IMAGE IN IT.