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 In the Flames by Raymond A. Foss 
						Our lives, changed, tested, melted, molded
 in the flames, in the struggles, in the challenges
 the heartache, in the trials of life
 in these moments, in these flames, perfected
 refined as if silver, under the watchful, attentive gaze
 the smithy, the creator, burning away the chaff
 pruning in the furnace, the crucible,
 shining metal, reflective of the maker
 his face, his smile, his love shining in reflection
 out of the fires, out of the flame we come changed
 moving toward perfection, of our faith,
 one season of fire at a time
 
 
 February 22, 2009
 Psalm 23:1-4
 Malachi 3:1-20
 Jeremiah 29:10-14
 Isaiah 43:1-10 and
 Sermon, “Fire Walker”,
 by Pastor Ruth L. Foss,
 Suncook United Methodist Church,
 Suncook, NH
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