-grabbed from ate gil...
Around the turn of the 20th century,
a bar of steel was worth about $5.
Yet when forged into horseshoes, it was worth $10;
When made into needles, it’s value was $350;
When used to make small pocketknife blades, it’s worth was $32,000;
When made into springs for watches, its value increased to $250, 000.
What a pounding the steel bar had to endure to be worth this much!
Same with gold, clay, wood, plastic or any material stripped,
cut or sometimes those they undergo intense heat
just to be a masterpiece gaining a priceless value.
But the more it was shaped, hammered,
put through fire, beaten, pounded,
and polished, the greater its value.
And it is through pain
that God gets the most out of us,
His glory and for the blessing of others.
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