Malachi 3:3 says, “He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver.” This verse on the refiner’s fire puzzled some of us women at a Bible study. We wondered what this statement meant about the character and nature of God. One woman offered to find out the process of refining silver to see if it gave meaning to our puzzlement and would get back to our group at our next Bible study. When Scripture speaks to us and we do not understand its message, we must search to find the answer. And that is exactly what one woman did. Read More
Category: Fresh Insights
Housekeeper Without a Home
Martha has it all together. She arises early every morning, showers, gets dressed, and heads for the kitchen to prepare breakfast for her husband and family. Afterwards, she loads the dishwasher, packs her husband’s lunch and sends him off to work. She sees to it that her children are dressed, have their teeth brushed, and all their homework in each of their backpacks. She has her weekly routine of household chores laid out before her. In addition to Monday’s laundry and changing bedding, she vacuums, dusts, and tidies her immaculate house. She takes meat out for supper, and bakes either Read More
The Blind Will See
Our cabinet maker was scheduled to stop over to the house we were building to pick up the kitchen cabinet stain. I could not decide which of three scenarios to pick, so I meticulously arranged them into three groups: light wood stain cabinets with medium oak floors; dark mahogany-like cabinets with light hardwood floors; or dark stain cabinets with medium floors. I had paint chips and counter top samples for each of the color schemes. “Tell me which combination strikes you the best,” I said as he glanced over my array of colors. He looked serious. “I have to tell Read More