Well, it is finally here. Final exam and end of semester, whew hoo!!!! this has been a fast 16 weeks. The pace was frantic at times, but it was all okay in the end. I think I learned more about myself and about learning this semester than I did Anatomy and Physiology. Maybe because I learned alot before and this time helped put all the pieces together or maybe just because I am wiser now things click better. ?????
Anyway, in other thoughts rolling around my head lately.....
What in the World is happening to everyone????? People are loosing it! We are rewriting history, changing laws to better suit lifestyles and personal opinion. DANGEROUS STUFF!!!
I like to do word studies, or just think about words and relationships. I was looking at my new shower curtain that has "Dream, Hope, Inspire" kind of my new moto, or favorite saying and noticed all three words have "E" in them.
"E" is an intreging and unique vowel. It has some places where it says its Name, but mostly it is a helper vowel and blends with other vowels, sometimes they say "E" together, but sometimes that say "A" or "I" or"U" or a blended sound. Sometimes "E" is there and does not say anything.
In some words "E" says a couple different sounds like in ELECTRIC, it says "E" at the beginning, and "e (like in peg)". Words would not be the same without E, Dream would be dram, Hope would be hop, and Inspire would be inspir. There would be no Love, it would sound like loov or L"O" v. not quite the same.
Life is much like words somethings just really catch your eye, tickle your tongue and warm your heart and excite your mind. But, without LOVE nothing is the same, and of the same potential as it Love was part of it. E is a part of the word but is not saying alot, but yet helps the word make a sound we all like to say. Think about "Love" without the "E", it sounds like loa the or loaf depending on pronouciation, which I do not think is an coincidence. When something is missing or speaking in a way that is not pleasing, it changes the word and can change the meaning because of how we hear it. When we do not like something, we loath it, or are not loving it. We may not realize we are missing something we just know we do not like what we see or hear. Loaf is a limited shape, longer on 2 sides and shorter on 2 sides. I always think of bread, hard, dry, with holes in it., not really that desired when it is not fresh, warm and/or homemade. There is something about homemade bread and items, could it be that we see the love that was put into them when they were made and carefully packaged??.
If you were a vowel (and you are, because you were purchased by Christ) what letter would you be? "A", "E", "I", "O", "U" or the hermit and closed off "Y" ??
There is a time for everything, there is a time to speak and stand up for ourselves, and there is a time to blend and allow someone else to be heard or do the talking and there are times when silence yet being a part is also necessary. We are lights and we need to shine, but do we want to be candles or lamps filled with oil or do we want to be like neon lights that are bright, and buzzing all the time boldly stating whatever the have to say????
A spark is a small fire that burns unless it is snuffed out, but can spread to anything near by that is accepting of the transfer and will take on the spark and then there are two burning sparks and it can spread also, and soon you can have many, many sparks that shine brightly and can light the darkness and make a sound to alert people to look at the path and see the obsticles or danger and also them to spread the flames and light a torch and carry the light.
One of my favorite songs as a camp councelor was, "Pass it on". It only takes a spark to get a fire going, that is how it is with God's love. Once you have experienced it, you want to pass it on!
We would light candles and sing it for hours, and be the end of the first round there were many rededications or just questions about how to do it and what it means to keep the fire burning, how we carry our torch each day in every situation we are in. It was such an awesome, heart warming time to see young girls and boys passionate and learning about the awesome God that bought them and wanted them and to see their proudness that God lit there fire and would keep it lit and nothing could put on their fire, it may just be a dim ember surrounded by piles of ash, but when they are "dug out", "blown on with the breath of the spirit" they will once again burn.
It is hard when you are just a spark trying to shine in a rain storm with gail force winds and come up against hardened wood or stone, or the water from tears of pain and anger, but remember God lit your flame and God keeps you burning, even in the water! once a breath of the spirit is blown on you to dry you out, your flame will reignite!!
Shine on! Let you light shine brightly.. if you feel blown out and estinguished.. Pray, Father light my fire, dry me out, strap off the layers of dust and light me again. Blow a breath on me an freshen my flame, help me connect to another receptive ember that will spread the light so that the world can find its way back to you. If you want to talk or need some scripture, comment here or email me privately.
"Church" is a good place to find other flames that are trying to connect and grow in strength. Follow the heat and you will find the "REAL" flames that are burning and not just the "look alike" battery operated kind that will go out or only burn for show. But, you can be lit and strengthened anytime for feel a breeze blowing against you by just praying, and you have your eyes open, or shut, you can bow down, sit down, lie down.. whatever.. it is your HEart that makes the connection to the Flame and takes the transfer of heat!
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