{"id":16485,"date":"2023-09-22T13:07:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T18:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=16485"},"modified":"2023-09-22T13:07:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T18:07:31","slug":"refiners-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=16485","title":{"rendered":"REFINER&#8217;S FIRE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/380271392_18386022094051660_5998869149386510714_n-859x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16486\" width=\"389\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/380271392_18386022094051660_5998869149386510714_n-859x1024.jpg 859w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/380271392_18386022094051660_5998869149386510714_n-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/380271392_18386022094051660_5998869149386510714_n-768x916.jpg 768w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/380271392_18386022094051660_5998869149386510714_n-1288x1536.jpg 1288w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/380271392_18386022094051660_5998869149386510714_n.jpg 1405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This passage in Zechariah 13 taken out of context can seem harsh. When read in context with the grand narrative of God\u2019s plan and provision for His people, it\u2019s a passage demonstrating yet again that our Heavenly Father is gracious and kind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reading Scripture helps keep my head and heart aligned with what is true. God goes to such great lengths to put me back together. I\u2019m a mess and He knows that. He created me and I\u2019m an image bearer of Christ\u2026that\u2019s why He refines me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God is faithful. He is working.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2F_u%2Fthedailygraceco%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3ptGhUOwd4GB9AVsjxRMYcpWVfSRJxRY3QZrESIOrQ6bFOW31OZfN3CkE&amp;h=AT2R4FRP5NRvE5omxoDh-srMFyCConfYww9hlrUc5bH6Oz9qN3m9dj65KhWcfCVI8gdnEeZ3QP5ot-rK93BMrSFyyCe8C9EbZoJbxAmuKPLn9ZDs9t1Wtk85dKob4qxWXrGUdAQ&amp;__tn__=-UK*F\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@thedailygraceco<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/fromedentoeternity?__eep__=6&amp;__tn__=*NK*F\">#FromEdenToEternity<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This passage in Zechariah 13 taken out of context can seem harsh. When read in context with the grand narrative of God\u2019s plan and provision for His people, it\u2019s a passage demonstrating yet again that our Heavenly Father is gracious and kind. Reading Scripture helps keep my head and heart aligned with what is true. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-study"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/380271392_18386022094051660_5998869149386510714_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}