Refiner's fire

re·fine (rĭ-fīn')

To reduce to a pure state; purify.
To remove by purifying.
To free from coarse, unsuitable, or immoral characteristics

re·store (rĭ-stôr', -stōr')

To bring back into existence or use; reestablish: restore law and order.
To bring back to an original condition:

eu·re·ka (yu-'rE-k&)
interjection Etymology: Greek

Used to express triumph upon finding or discovering something.
Greek heurka, I have found (it)
Creation Groaning and the Refiner’s fire


Community worship time invited an examination of 2 Peter 3: 10-13. In this passage we learned that the understanding that the fire of God is a refining fire, where the earth will be purified, renewed, FOUND! The groanings of creation from Romans 8 will be forever silenced. As a community, we meditated on the groanings that are and were near and dear to our hearts, the way we see, feel, hear creation creaking in agony at the sin holding it in bondage. Written on pieces of paper, these were placed in a globe, and burned, a visual symbol of the promise of renewal. Eureka!