Jen’s Blog

Last night we continued our journey through the book of Daniel in our Ladies Bible Study.  We have been really enjoying the time of discussion and fellowship.  I have read the book of Daniel before, but I have already found so many treasures in going through the first 3 chapters.  Last night we talked about Hananiah (Shadrach), Misheal (Meshach), and Ananiah (Abednego) being thrown in the fiery furnace.  First of all, I did not know that the guards that threw them in this furnace were killed, which is amazing in itself; but the neatest part of the whole lesson for me last night was hearing that when the king got them out of the furnace beacuse they were WALKING AROUND, they did not even SMELL LIKE SMOKE!  Now I don’t know about you, but if I even walk past someone who is smoking or if I walk past a pile of burning leaves, I smell like it, (me, my clothes, my hair) all of me.  These 3 men were delivered through this fire unharmed, and when the king sent them back out into the world that day, they did not even smell like smoke.  Now, if that is not totally awesome!  I think that this story shows the power of God in such an amazing way.  If we trust him to bring us through, or as was the case with Shadrach, Meschach, and Abednego, walk with us through, these fires and trials in our lives without us bowing down to the gods this world wants us to bow to, we won’t even smell like smoke!