Fwd: Malachi 3:3

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- Srinivasan Venkataraman

A very interesting message..... please read on.Malachi 3:3There was

a group of women in a Bible study on thebook of Malachi. As theywere

studying chapter three, they came across versethree, which says:"

Hewill sit as a refiner and purifier of silver."This verse puzzled

the woman and they wondered whatthis statement meantabout the

character and nature of God.One woman offered to find out about the

process ofrefining silver and getback to the group at their next

Bible study.That week this woman called up a silver smith and madean

appointment towatch him at work. She didn't mention anything aboutthe

reason for herinterest in silver beyond her curiosity about

theprocess of refiningsilver. As she watched the silver smith, he

held apiece of silver over thefire and let it heat up. He explained

that in refiningsilver, one needed tohold the silver in the middle of

the fire where theflames were hottest asto burn away all the

impurities. The woman thoughtabout God holding us insuch a hot

spot-then she thought again about theverse, that he sits as arefiner

and purifier of silver.She asked the silver smith if it was true that

he hadto sit there in frontof the fire the whole time the silver was

beingrefined. The man answeredthat yes, he not only had to sit there

holding thesilver, but had to keephis eyes on the silver the entire

time it was in thefire. The woman wassilent for a moment. Then asked

the silver smith, howdo you know when thesilver is fully refined? He

smiled at her andanswered, "Oh, that'seasy-when I see my image in

it."If today you are feeling the heat of the fire,remember that

Bhagawan hasHis eye on you.

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Glo & Friends,

 

The woman was

> silent for a moment. Then asked the silver smith, how

> do you know when the

> silver is fully refined? He smiled at her and

> answered, "Oh, that's

> easy-when I see my image in it."

>

> If today you are feeling the heat of the fire,

> remember that Bhagawan has

> His eye on you.

 

 

Lalleshwari --

Rendered by Swami Muktananda

When your impurities are burned through suffering,

you will become more lustrous than a mirror in the sun,

more pure than the most perfect of pearls.

 

Someone just posted this on another site, perhaps, as a

synchronous counterpoint to the silversmith story above.

 

yours in the bonds,

eric

 

Ps. Harsha, no microphone, no earphones and no production; still

I'll join in and "read" your chants. But Ho, it just occurs to me

that I should be able to hear alright, even if I can't join in.

Sun., then, 9-10pm.