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©Jo Cornelius 2005
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Home Coming
I asked for water,
HE
gave me an Ocean!
I asked for flowers,
HE gave me a Garden!
I asked for a friend,
HE gave me YOU…!
If GOD brings
you to
it,
HE will bring
you
through it! |
Malachi 3:3 says:
"HE will sit as a
refiner and purifier of silver." He first LOVED us!
This verse puzzled
some women in a Bible study and they
wondered what this statement meant about the character of God.
One of the women
offered to find out the process of refining silver
and get back to the
group at their next Bible study.
That week
the women called a
silversmith and made
an appointment to watch
him at work.
She didn't
mention
anything about the reason for her
interest beyond her curiosity about the process of refining sliver.
As she watched the
silversmith, he held a piece of sliver over the
fire and let it heat up!
He explained that in refining silver, one needed
to hold the silver in
the middle of the fire
where the flames were the
hottest
as to burn away all the impurities. The woman thought
about God holding
us in such a spot; then she thought again about
the verse that says:
"HE will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver."
She asked the
silversmith if it was true that he had to sit there in front
of
the fire
the whole time the silver was being refined.
The man answered
yes, he
not only
had to sit there holding the silver, but he had to keep his
eyes on the silver the
entire time it was in the fire. If the silver was
left a
moment too long
in the flames, it would be destroyed.
The woman was silent
for a moment. Then she asked the silversmith,
"How do you know when the
silver is fully Refined?"
He smiled at her
and answered,
"Oh that's
easy, when I can see my image in it"
Original watercolor by Jo Cornelius© |
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Head Shot
Sculpting ©Jo Cornelius 2003
Polymer Clay used for
sculpting the heed & hands |
Angel Aquila
Inspirational Design by Amanda Hertz-Crisel
Angel Aquila
was displayed at the annual Providence
Festival of Trees,
in Medford, Oregon. And was sponsored by the Aquila Foundation,
Shady Cove, Oregon.
She stood 6
feet tall, her body was a white silk Christmas tree,
illuminated with over 400 white lights, her gown was made using
white ostrich
feathered boas. Around her wings & head were
very
colorful
fiber optics.
Her head & hands were sculpted
from polymer clay by Jo Cornelius.
She is a one of a kind Angel and holds in her hand a
White Dove of Peace! |
