好想摆脱一种“形象”

多年以来我一直好想摆脱一种“形象”。
到底是怎么样的『形象』，我就不说了。
反正就是我不中意的那一种『形象』嘛。

努力改变的过程，老实说真的相当辛苦。
这旅途中，我也不时对自己产生了怀疑。
去年，我以为我的努力总算获得了胜利。
可是，今天她轻松的对我说的那一句话，
虽然简单带过，我便知道我还差得远呢。

老实说吧，整个下午我的心情好似凝重。
一直反复的再思考，我要做些什么才够？

咳…
我并没有怪她，毕竟她道出了一种事实。
我的成绩单并没有我想象中的那么理想。
难道说，我多年来的努力都是白费了吗？
还是说，现今的我真的是那么没有用吗？
不…
从零蛋到五十分，应该也算是进步了吧？
我看我唯有还要更加的精尽努力就是了。

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Malachi 3:3 says: "He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver."

This verse puzzled some women in a Bible study and they wondered what this statement meant about the character and nature of God. One of the women offered to find out the process of refining silver and get back to the group at their next Bible Study.

That week, the woman called a silversmith and made an appointment to watch him at work. She didn't mention anything about the reason for her interest beyond her curiosity about the process of refining silver. As she watched the silversmith, he held a piece of silver over the fire and let it heat up.

He explained that in refining silver, one needed to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flames were hottest as to burn away all the impurities.

The woman thought about God holding us in such a hot spot; then she thought again about the verse that says: "He sits as a refiner and purifier of silver." She asked the silversmith if it was true that he had to sit there in front of the fire the whole time the silver was being refined.

The man answered that yes, he not only had to sit there holding the silver, but he had to keep his eyes on the silver the entire time it was in the fire. If the silver was left a moment too long in the flames, it would be destroyed.

The woman was silent for a moment. Then she asked the silversmith, "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 God has his eye on you and will keep watching you until He sees His image in you.

Pass this on right now. This very moment, someone needs to know that God is watching over them. And, whatever they're going through, they'll be a better person in the end.

"Life is a coin. You can spend it anyway you wish, but you can only spend it once."