Molton Magnificence

A mouth-watering box of sumptuous, shiny coated chocolate

stared me in the face! Wow! What a fabulous present!

A massive tray of tantalising Dairy milk chocolates filled with

every filling and flavour, and oozing with irresistible, tantalising beckoning.

I licked my lips and relished the thought of devouring them later that day. I placed them beyond reach in the boot of my car, and drove home, thankful for the surprise gift.

That evening I was pondering over the searing summer heatwave that had taken the country by storm, when suddenly like a bolt out of the blue I remembered, ‘The chocolates’!   They were still in the boot of my car! They must be cooking!       It didn’t take long to dash to the car, and with bated breath I unwrapped the box of chocolates. Sure enough, every chocolate lay molten, blended with others, chocolate oozing everywhere. They lay warm and gooey in the heat, misshapen, unattractive, and disfigured, not as the manufacturer intended.

But did that stop me? On the contrary, the oozing chocolatiness was tastier than ever before! I dipped my finger into the sloppy chocolate, and it was finger-licking good! The Messy was infinitely better than the Masterpiece!

I have refined you in the furnace of affliction Isa 48:10  

Even heatwaves have hidden benefits. Sunlight boosts Vitamin D and Serotonin. Similarly, when we endure a spiritual heatwave or face the furnace of affliction, hardship is neither pointless nor wasted. Beauty and joy can be found even in disfigurement and deformity. Be encouraged in the furnace today, make the joy of the Lord your strength.  

With Love, Rev Gill x

Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but the LORD tests the heart Prov 17:3