WHEN THROUGH FIREY TRIALS THY PATHWAY SHALL LIE, MY GRACE ALL SUFFICIENT, SHALL BE THY SUPPLY.THE FLAME SHALL NOT HURT THEE; I ONLY DESIGN THY DROSS TO CONSUME, AND THY GOLD TO REFINE!"
- Robert Keen, 1787.
How Firm A Foundation, Verse 5.
I'm grateful to My Heavenly Father to be 13 days clean and sober today by His almighty grace. I will go forward in faith. God is in charge!
The Refiners Fire
He sat by a fire of seven-fold heat,
as He watched by the precious ore.
And closer He bent with a searching gaze
as He heated it more and more.
He knew He had ore that could stand the test,
and He wanted the finest gold
to mould as a crown for the King to wear,
set with gems with a price untold.
So He laid our gold in the burning fire,
tho' we fain would have said Him 'Nay.'
And He watched the dross that we had not seen,
and it melted and passed away.
And the gold grew brighter and yet more bright,
but our eyes were so dim with tears.
We saw but the fire--not the Master's hand,
And questioned with anxious fears.
Yet our gold shone out with a richer glow,
as it mirrored a Form above,
that bent o're the fire, tho' unseen by us,
with a look of ineffable love.
Can we think that it pleases His loving heart
as He watched by the precious ore.
And closer He bent with a searching gaze
as He heated it more and more.
He knew He had ore that could stand the test,
and He wanted the finest gold
to mould as a crown for the King to wear,
set with gems with a price untold.
So He laid our gold in the burning fire,
tho' we fain would have said Him 'Nay.'
And He watched the dross that we had not seen,
and it melted and passed away.
And the gold grew brighter and yet more bright,
but our eyes were so dim with tears.
We saw but the fire--not the Master's hand,
And questioned with anxious fears.
Yet our gold shone out with a richer glow,
as it mirrored a Form above,
that bent o're the fire, tho' unseen by us,
with a look of ineffable love.
Can we think that it pleases His loving heart
to cause us a moment's pain?
Ah, no! But He saw through Gethsemene
the bliss of eternal gain.
Ah, no! But He saw through Gethsemene
the bliss of eternal gain.
So He waited there with a watchful eye,
with a love that is strong and sure,
and His gold did not suffer a bit more heat,
then was needed to make it pure.
Author Unknown
with a love that is strong and sure,
and His gold did not suffer a bit more heat,
then was needed to make it pure.
Author Unknown
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