originally published on October 5, 2012
THE SPRING GIVES WAY TO SUMMER AND RAIN FALLS LESS AND LESS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND GRASSLANDS; THE TERM FIRE SEASON IS HEARD. FIRE SEASON INDICATES THAT TIMBER, UNDERBRUSH ON MOUNTAINS AND IN GRASSLANDS IS DRYING OUT. THE ATMOSPHERE BIRTHS STORMS THAT PRODUCE LIGHTNING STRIKES THAT BIRTH FIRES, SPARKS FROM MYRIAD OF SOURCES SET FIRES. FIRES THAT SOON BURN OUT OF CONTROL, CONSUMING THOUSAND OF ACRES OF WOODLAND ARE BATTLED BY ALL THAT MAN CAN THROW AT THIS RAGING BEAST. CONTAINMENT IS THE GOAL AND THEN, EXTINGUISHING THE LAST SPARK.
PERHAPS ON THE SPIRIT SIDE FIRE SEASON IS NOT TO BE DREADED BUT ANTICIPATED. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT OVER TIME OUR BUSY SCHEDULES AND OVERWHELMING DEMANDS BEGIN TO DRY OUT THE ATMOSPHERE AND CONTENTS OF OUR LIVES. CULTURE STORMS, DAILY ROUTINES BIRTH STORMS, RELATIONSHIPS AND LIFE CREATE THE DARK CLOUDS AND ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AND STORMS. A HEAVENLY SPARK, TINDER DRY HEARTS, SPIRITS BURST INTO THE FLAMES “THERE MUST BE MORE TO LIFE THAN THIS.” THE WIND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BLOWS ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE OF YOUR HUNGER – FANNING THE FLAMES OF HIS PRESENCE AND WE ARE IN ONE OF THOSE MOVES OF GOD.
THANK GOD FOR HIS FIRE SEASONS.