If not for the crucible
Would the silver shine?
If the furnace were not hot enough
How could the gold refine?
No more, no less, the Refiner knows
How hot should be the blaze,
That draws out all the dross and dregs
To mirror His clear image!
arjohn
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He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver (Malachi 3:3)