Several things today popped up about being refined. I listened to a sermon this morning about digging deep into your thoughts and motivations then got home and started reading devotions. The first book I picked up is called Everyday Life in Bible Times .  I haven't picked up this book for months. It is a beautiful book of pictures and rich descriptions of things, terms, and concepts in the Bible. I started where I left off last time I read it. The word was smelt (to refine metal). Next, in my chronological Bible , I am to a grouping of Proverbs full of verses about examining motives and the heart and references to refining.  Proverbs 16:2   All a person’s ways seem pure to them,      but motives are weighed  by the  Lord . Proverbs 17:3   The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,      but the  Lord  tests the heart. Proverbs 27:21 The crucible for silver and the furnace for  gold ,  ...