 SEND GOD A VALENTINE!
Malachi 3:3 says: "He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver."
The process of refining silver: Analogy The silversmith holds the piece of silver over the fire and lets it heat up. He has to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flames are the hottest so he can burn away all the impurities.
God holds us in such a hot spot: "He sits as a refiner and purifier of silver."
How the silversmith can tell that the process is complete and the silver is fully refined is the easiest part of the whole process. A good silversmith will know that the silver is ready to be removed from the fire “when he can see his image in it." Don’t you just love it when GOD’S truth just jumps out there at you? HE is such an awesome God. HE leaves us these little amazing reminders of how wonderful HE is and how much HE loves us, all over the place. You never know where you’ll find one.
It reminds me of the cute little game married couples play with each other that keeps the flame glowing. They take and hide these little sweet "I love you" notes all over the place. I can remember one of my wife’s I found. We had just finished celebrating our 23rd anniversary. I had surprised her a few days earlier, by first being a man and actually remembering. But then, I was going to make this one special. I had rented a cute little cabin in the mountains and without telling her I had planned it for the weekend before our anniversary to try and make it less apparent.
Oh I remember that night. It was on a Friday and when I arrived home my wife was talking to my son. My daughter had taken the school bus to one of her friend’s home to spend the night. My wife had stopped by a pizza place, like she had done every Friday night on her way home from work, and placed her order. While the pizza was being prepared she would go the next store to rent a movie. The movie was “Hoffa”. As my son was leaving my wife looked at me and said, “Well I guess it’ll just be us left here watching the movie and eating the pizza”. I replied by saying, “Well you’re right about we’ll be watching the movie and eating the pizza only it won’t be here. I then asked her to pack some over night things because I had a surprise for her. And off we went.
Well the surprise had been a success. The cabin was fabulous. The night was spectacular. At the beginning of the following work week as I was leaving for work, there on my steering wheel was one of those sweet little “I love you” notes telling me how much she had enjoyed that little cabin and how it had been the best anniversary ever. And even now I remember that little note thanking me for what neither one of us, at the time, knew would be our last anniversary together. Judy Kaye (Morgan) Mann at only 42 went home to be with Jesus, less then 4 months following that night.
Her little note had jumped out at me that morning, more than 15 years ago, and had given me a feeling that even now I feel every time when the FATHER leaves one of His sweet little “I love you” reminders that surprisingly jumps out at me!
The FATHER wants and deserves to be our #1 love, make sure HE is yours.......Send Him a Valentine Prayer this year from your heart to Him special delivery. And if you don’t care, can you tell HIM I put you up to it?....I could sure use some atta-boys, if you know what I mean?
PS: Happy Valentines Day Father, and you too, Darling.
Clifford W. Mann 719 Greenwood Drive Maryville, TN. 37805 865-893-3651 Signed:
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