Tempered by Fire (Story)

One of the DJ's at WGTS just shared this wonderful story.

A firefighter was going through a house that was completely destroyed by fire. Sifting through the warm ash, his fingers found these white ceramic pieces. All it took was lightly dusting the ash from them, and the pieces shown bright and beautiful, practically the same as the day they arrived at the house. Everything else was gone.

Later, when that firefighter spoke with friends who were going through a very period in their life, he pulled a white ceramic piece from his pocket and explained how he came to find it. Holding it up, he explained, "This was tempered in fire before it was ever brought into that house. While everything else in that house was destroyed by that terrible fire, these pieces survived. If they hadn't gone through the fire first, they would have been destroyed."

Sometimes we need to go through one fire to become strong enough for even greater challenges in life that would otherwise destroy us completely.

- ESA