HOW ARE YOU BEING SHAPED?
“The same sun which melts the ice hardens the clay” This is a quote that makes you think, right? Billy Graham once said it this way: “The sun that melts the butter hardens the clay” As soon as I came across this saying I had to dig a little deeper. What does the sun, ice and clay represent here? The sun represents difficulties of life. It represents a challenge, devastation or hardship that we are facing. Some might get more, some might get less but everyone gets the sun. In one way or another, we ALL face different challenges of life. The ice and clay in this analogy represents our hearts. For some people, the difficulties of life harden the heart. As a result of what someone goes through, they become bitter, resentful, pessimistic etc. Anger resides. They start hating people and God. For others, the difficulties of life make people better. They become healthier, draw closer to God, learn something that they didn't understand before. No, we won’t ever “enjoy” going through a