Beauty for Ashes
If you think about it, there is nothing beautiful about ashes. There is nothing appealing in their composition. They are dirty, and they have a way of infiltrating every single thing they are near with little hope for their full removal. Long ago, I wrote about the story of a goldsmith who described the method through which gold is refined. It must be placed in the most severe fire to burn away every impurity and imperfection. Taken out too soon,…