I
love being the person who tends the fire whether it for cleaning up the yard,
sitting at a campsite or even at a firepit. I am not sure if it is a control
thing or if I just find such clarity in looking into the flames. Fire can be
beautiful or horrifying to watch depending on what side of the flame you are
on. Fire can purify or destroy. Fire can bring warmth to a cold body or
destruction and pain if you get to close to it. Metaphorically speaking people
and wood are a lot alike. Some wood catches and burns red hot for a minute and
then flutters away as ash in the wind. Some wood gets warm and even shows some
signs of being in a fire but doesn’t actually catch because it is too hard at
its core or to soaked in other things to burn. But then some wood was meant for
burning… it will catch with proper tending… it will burn and maintain a nice
HOT steady temperature and then turn into the perfect fuel that can be used to
start other wood burning. In this picture there were all 3 types of wood. I
pulled a piece of that “wouldn’t” burn wood out to show that while it had been
in the fire the same about of time as all the rest it appears almost completely
untouched because it was too hard to burn. The red hot quick catch wood turned
to ash and flew away in a matter of minutes on the wind. What you don’t
actually “see” however is a section of wood that I used to get the back side of
my fire to finally catch… it was a 12-16-inch piece of wood that had turned
into the perfect starter piece that I gently moved to the back area that had
not caught yet and placed it there with a few pieces of the red hot quick wood…
and BAM a roaring fire took hold. DID you catch that…. Even that flighty red
hot burn and gone wood had its place in my fire pile. Fire is a very important
creature, but it must be nurtured, maintained and understood. And then after
you have set the boundaries of the fire pit there is a time of standing back
and letting it have its way as it completes its task. My question to you today
is do you have a fire of any kind burning in you? If so what kind of fire is
it? Is it a useful or dangerous fire? As for me… let me be real clear…. If the
fire in me is not from GOD… I don’t need it and I DON’T WANT IT. I must be
vigilant in monitoring what goes in my fire pile and vigilant in allowing Holy
Spirit to tend it. I must be vigilant in who I allow in my life as well as what
I allow in my mind and spirit. So once again I ask you, what fire is burning in
you and who is tending it?
Jesus is my FIRST love (hence the reason you are reading about my spiritual travels here) followed closely by my husband, my kids and grands!
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
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