Refiner’s Fire and Restored Lakes

In this episode, I sit with the tension of a noisy world where headlines shout of violence while quieter stories of goodness slip by almost unnoticed. I reflect on Malachi’s image of God as a careful refiner, Luke’s tender scene of Elizabeth and Zechariah naming John, and the meaning of “God is gracious” in a bruised but still breathing world. I weave in stories of a blind pitmaster in Dallas, a Secret Santa in Idaho, and communities in India restoring hundreds of lakes, to explore how holy discomfort and restored tenderness can make our hearts able to hold water again. I end in prayer, asking to be gently shown the next small step on God’s path.