Ever feel like you're just a hunk of metal?  Like you're a reject?  That you could do better but you messed up again?  Well, I've kind of been there this week.  By coincidence (?), a couple of my friends expressed the same sentiment to me this week.  Coincidence?  Or is God talking to me.  Is He telling me that everybody has times when they feel inadequate.  Times that they feel like they've messed up.  Times they feel like just a hunk of metal.  Oh, what a compassionate God we serve!  God didn't let me linger over just being a hunk of metal long.......he reminded me of one of the greatest men in the Bible, David.  David was a murder, an adulterer, a liar......he really messed up.  I wonder if he felt like just a hunk of metal at times.  But my oh my....... how David loved God.  He loved Him with every part of his being.  David confessed, repented, received forgiveness and then walked in obedience and did great things for the Lord.  And I, like David, love God with every part of my being.  And that same God that I love with every part of my being told me, that when I mess up, all I have to do is confess, repent, receive His forgiveness, walk in obedience and He'll do great things through me for His glory.  And, again, what a compassionate God we serve!  God didn't stop there with me.  He caused a dear friend in my life to send me Malachi 3:3 tonight which made me absolutely weep over God's love for me.  Through Malachi 3:3, God told me tonight, "I am refining you, Sherry, so that you will be like gold and silver and not just a hunk of metal."  To God Be The Glory!!!!!!!