Tempered

Metal is heated and pounded pounded and heated heated and pounded pounded and heated cooled Heated and pouunded pounded and heated heated and pounded pounded and heated cooled over and over pounded and heated cooled heated and pounded before it is ground into a refined shape polished and ground polished polished buffed shined and sharpened before it can perform as it was intended to be an instrument a work of art a work of the creator Just as we are tempered to stand with the Word and serve