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Forged

The refining pot is for silver & the furnace for gold, but the Lord tests the hearts. Proverbs 17:3

Born in fire, forged in God’s love. Simple to say, complex and painful as a process, yet the beneficial fruit it produces cannot be denied. Rarely is ease the formula for necessity and need, whereas want is a diversion into the path of least resistance. The fire and the forge in God’s hand directed by His love is the beginning, middle and culmination to a powerful product in our souls.

We cannot have ending without a beginning. This also must include a middle and that is where the battle of deci...