"On the Anvil" review

I picked this book up at the Attributes sales in Hall 2 during the easter weekend. It's the 1st book written by Max Lucado, the only book which his dad read before he passed away and also the 1st book that was written before he had any children...

It is a compilation of stories of ppl being shaped into God's image... I went to check the dictionary... Anvil...

an·vil (noun)
1a. A heavy block of iron or steel with a smooth, flat top on which metals are shaped by hammering.
1b. Something resembling an anvil, as in shape or function.
2. The fixed jaw in a set of calipers against which an object to be measured is placed.
3. Anatomy See incus.

Extracted from American Psychological Association (APA):
anvil. (n.d.). The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Retrieved April 01, 2008, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/anvil

I also found out that this word appears only once in the bible... In Isa 41:7.

Basically the books is divided into 3 sections, before, during and after being on the anvil... Hahaha... Let me quote from the introduction...

"In the shop of a blacksmith, there are three types of tools.
1. There are tools on the junkpile: outdated, broken, dull, rusty. They sit in the cobwebbed corner, useless to their master, oblivious to their calling.
2. There are tools on the anvil: melted down, molten hot, moldable, changeable. They lie on the anvil, being shaped by their master, accepting their calling.
3. There are tools of usefulness: sharpened, primed, defined, mobile. They lie ready in the blacksmith's tool chest, available to their master, fulfilling their calling."

This is true for us Christians as well... 3 categories...

"We are all somewhere in the blacksmith's shop. We are wither on the scrap pile, in the Master's hands on the anvil, or in the tool chest. (Some of us have been in all three.)
In this collections of writings, we'll take a tour of the "shop." We'll examine all tools and look in all corners. From the shelves to the workbench, from the water to the fire...
And I'm sure that somewhere you'll see yourself."

Yep, so if u're interested in borrowing the book... Wait for me to finish... I think i can finish in these 2-3 days... last section le... Heh... :)