Gold or Diamond?
So I have been contemplating a verse in scripture recently. Well, to be honest i have thought about it before, but never to the extent i did this past week. In Job 23:10 it says: But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold My thoughts were this: Lord, why did you say through Job that we would come forth as gold? I look at the trials in life as pressures. When I think of it this way, I think of diamonds. They are created through the application of a great deal of pressure and are also of a great value. As I contemplated on this opinion of mine, I was "presented" with this reasoning. Well, lets look at a diamond. Yes it is of great value and it is created through a great deal of pressure. a lot of outside force is needed to compress it and create the gem. It is then put through a time of forming where the jeweler cuts away those parts that are not quite good enough to remain. The value is then determined by the c...