The Gospel of Christ is like a crucible in which we are formed.

We enter it willing, and knowingly bring ourselves to the refiner's fire.

The law is the heat that breaks us down, melts our hearts, shapes us into new forms

and new expressions of being.

As by metallurgist, we are squeezed and pounded, bound by laws

and the Creator's discerning hand. The slag is not wanted; it is not of the Creator's desire

though we ourselves may fear to be less without it.

The gospel is the soothing coolness of grace that calms us and affirms our new form.

It sets us into the New Creation; something that is pleasing to the eye of the Creator

and gives glory to his Name.