A COLLECTION OF SILVER THREADS
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Refined As Silver “For you, O God, tested us; You refined us like silver.” Psalm 66:10 (NIV) If trying to do things alone, we are as delicate as a thread. As I think of the title of this book, A Collection Of Silver Threads, I am reminded of how very fragile we are if trying to live the Christian life on our own power. We are comparable to very thin threads that can be broken with a gentle pull. But if we get our daily strength through the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we are as strong as a coil of rope. “A cord of three strands is not easily broken.” Ecclesiastes 4:1 (NIV) When a silversmith was asked how he knew when the silver was pure, he answered, “When I see my reflection in it.” “Remove the dross from the silver, and out comes material for the silversmith.” Proverbs 25:4a (NIV) Refining silver is used in the Bible figuratively for testing human hearts. This “refining,” which comes to us in life as trials and tribulations, makes us strong and brings us into His abundance of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, and self-control. We, as Christians, are truly a Collection of Silver Threads. Unchangeable “I the Lord do not change. So you, O descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.” (NIV) With all the changes that go on in our lives, it is nice to know that God is not in the business of evolving and changing. He is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. As I was helping my daughter pack her car to leave for college in a faraway city, I was not ready for that change. It seemed like such a short time had passed since her first day in kindergarten. I tried hard to fight back the tears as I waved good-bye. It was hard to walk back into her bedroom, but I wanted to see if anything of importance had been left behind. I found myself sitting in the middle of the floor looking around her room at the pictures of her life. There were
through so many changes. I then wrote these words: Heartstrings Today I said good-bye To my twenty-year-old girl, She packed her car and left me To give her wings a whirl. I quickly turned my head away, The tears I tried to hide,
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This book consists of a collection of devotions, poems, and true life experiences that I have taken from my private prayer journal. Some of these experiences were joyful and others were very painful. I stand in awe that God took time to speak to me personally in what were seemingly the most ordinary circumstances of my life. Although I am a “work in progress,” I feel his love and acceptance in spite of my weaknesses and shortcomings. This book is not meant to be a typical daily devotional book. It was written with the prayer that each of the writings in this collection would speak to you, the reader, in a very personal and timely manner, from my heart to yours.
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Janet is a wife, mom, “Gigi” to her grandchildren, and writer. She lives in