You ever see a blacksmith make a horseshoe?
He takes a piece of metal and sticks it right into the burning coals of a hot fire.
That fire is over one thousand degrees and glowing red.
Then he pulls that metal out of the fire and uses a huge hammer and an anvil to strike the metal.
The blacksmith hammers and shapes the metal, sticks it in water just enough to cool, and
then puts it back in the fire.
The blacksmith will repeat that process as many times as it takes until he gets that
horseshoe in just the exact shape that he needs it.
He will use fire, water and the power of his strength through that hammer until the piece
of raw metal is shaped into a perfect horseshoe.
That horseshoe is something he can use.
It is strong enough to support the horse, and no matter how many times it gets stepped
on, the horse can’t change the shape that the blacksmith made.
John Mehrmann