[NicknamedBob]

— “I see you are still spinning out the keepers. I’m sure I’ve missed a lot of them.” —

This was recent, in case you missed it.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2121514/posts?page=2878#2878

(Thanks, by the way!)

[WVNan]

Awesome. I love it, and yes, it’s a keeper. I will soon have a book full. Thank you!

[WVNan]

Bob, there is something in that poem that reminds me of the Scripture in Zechariah 13:9. (God speaking)"I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them. I will say, they are my people, and they will say, the Lord is my God."

This statement does not make sense unless you know how silver is refined. The refiner sits by the fire through the whole process to make sure that the temperature is just right. Too hot and the silver is ruined, too cool and it won't refine. The fire has to be exact for silver to refine. That is what God does with us. When we are going through the fire, God is sitting right there with us the whole time, until we become like the limb that is consumed yet keeps its form which gives off a glow that warms.