This prayer, this cry, is so much more than three words put together and played to a catchy tune. When fire falls, it burns and causes damage to everything in it's path on the way down. Fire can destroy things, but at the same time, when something is exposed and engulfed in fire-can become purified. Something new and beautiful, something pure, can be the result of fire. Fire hurts, fire removes the unclean and burns away any remaining impurities. Many things in this world, this life, cannot endure the fire. Some of the most beautiful things created, had to withstand the hear and discomfort before they could become the thing of beauty that they are today. Throughout the pain and suffering, comes something beautiful and perfectly made, flawless in the creators sight.
"For you, O God have tested us;
you have refined us as silver is refined.
You brought us into the net;
you laid affliction on our backs.
You have caused men to ride over our heads;
we went through fire and through water;
but you brought us out to rich fulfillment."
-Psalms 66:10-15
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