Yesterday I had the pleasure of spending time with close friends while our children played together. Seated at the dining room table, two of us browsed the latest Family Christian Bookstore flyer. A couple popular books caught our eyes - Beth Moore's "So Long, Insecurity" and Max Lucado's "Fearless".
In passing, we commented on how neither of us felt the need to read either book.
Then, almost on top of each other we chuckled and admitted that probably meant we did need to read them!
Ladies, have you ever experienced that revelation? You don't think you need help in an area of your life.... to only later discover how patheticaly you are in need of help in that area?
(And has anyone noticed how Beth Moore is particularly proficient at wrenching Truth out of our lying selves?)
Anyhoo -
I think that is a pretty good summary of what the refining process is all about. We, as Christians, no sooner work through an issue, when another issue raises its ugly head! I clear one boulder out of my field, only to see five stones. And once thosee five stones are removed, I notice hundreds of ugly pebbles! God reveals "issues" I didn't know even existed deep inside of me!
I just can't help but wonder when all this refining will produce purest gold?!
Interactive:
Am I alone in surprise revealings of "pebbles"?
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