Came across article that i have abstracted; Max Lucado one of my favourite author... If you happen to come to my blog.. read on and be bless..

Anvil Time : by Max Lucado On God's anvil

Perhaps you've been there. Melted down. Formless. Undone. Placed on the anvil for...reshaping? (A few rough edges too many.) Discipline? (A good father disciplines.) Testing? (But why so hard?)

I know. I've been on it. It's rough. It's a spiritual slump, a famine. The fire goes out. Although the fire may flame for a moment, it soon disappears. We drift downward. Downward into the foggy valley of question, the misty lowland of discouragement. Motivation wanes. Desire is distant. Responsibilities are depressing.

Passion? It slips out the door.Enthusiasm? Are you kidding?Anvil time.

It can be caused by a death, a breakup, going broke, going prayerless. The light switch is flipped off and the room darkens. "All the thoughtful words of help and hope have all been nicely said. But I'm still hurting, wondering....."

On the anvil.
Brought face to face with God out of the utter realization that we have nowhere else to go. Jesus in the garden. Peter with a tear-streaked face. David after Bathsheba. Elijah and the "still, small voice." Paul, blind in Damascus.

Pound, pound, pound.

I hope you're not on the anvil. (Unless you need to be, and if so, I hope you are.) Anvil time is not to be avoided; it's to be experienced. Although the tunnel is dark, it does go through the mountain. Anvil time reminds us of who we are and who God is. We shouldn't try to escape it. To escape it could be to escape God.

God sees our life from beginning to end. He may lead us through a storm at age thirty so we can endure a hurricane at age sixty. An instrument is useful only if it's in the right shape. A dull ax or bent screwdriver needs attention, and so do we. A good blacksmith keeps his tools in shape. So does God.

Should God place you on his anvil, be thankful. It means he thinks you're still worth reshaping.

Rainbow

Ever wonder why God give us rainbow? According to the old testatment in the bible, God wanted to destroy mankind as they have sinned against God and their heart is awefully wicked. God somehow was grieved and wanted to destroy humanity by sending a major flood to flood over the whole world. But when God look upon the earth, he found Noah. He was a righteous man and through Noah, God has assigned a task to him to build Him a ark for the coming flood.

People ridicule him but Noah's convictions was un-stoppable and hence when the day of the flood came, only all the animals and his family was saved in the ark. After the flood is over, God gave a convenant to us with a seal of a beautiful bend of rainbow that He will not destroy the earth again...

I was pondering about this passage as i was blogging... Last week was a hectic week for me. Torn by many decisions at work and many other things...

As i was dragging my feet to work after a stormy morning, i was making my way to work and was looking down while walking towards my bus stop, then suddenly i lift up my head and a smile broke out when i saw a big bend of beautiful rainbow.

It was the most beautiful rainbow i have ever seen in my life :) All of sudden all my thoughts that has been cluttering my mind seems to be so insignificant. It was like as if God has painted that rainbow especially for me. Im not sure if anyone has lift up their heads and look up the sky but surely i did.

I felt as if God speaking to me to lift up my head to Him, to look to Him. Indeed, we all go through life's challenges dont we? Desires that has yet to be met, a love that longs for a return, disease that long to be heal, mountains of debt to be clear, a career that seems so meaningless, heartaches that never ceases, a pain that we thought it can never go away.... the list goes on and on...

Have you ever been caught in one of that situations? If you have not, well at least i do. But one thing i know for sure... after the stormy weather it will be the rainbow we will see.

After all I may not know what my future holds.. But i am sure to know who holds my future :)