Nope, I don't mean
Light the fire while the heatwave lasts!
(in UK for now anyway)
But in the Old Testament
They had a fire for the altar
The altar of burnt offerings
The way of animal sacrifices for those days
Until Jesus came in New Testament days
The days we are in now
That fire was never to go out
It was ever to be kept burning
Lord, let that fire keep burning
On the 'mean altar of my heart'
As one hymn says
Though it burn dim at times
Though it be blown by changes, distractions
Or whatever may cause it to diminish
Yet even a spark, an ember....
Fan it back into life
By the life, the power, of your Spirit
Surely a co-operation
We don't sit back while you, Lord, stoke all the fire
But neither do we do it all in our own strength
But also like incense rising
Ascending from the 'sanctuary' of our heart
That incense needing to be lit first
To smoke, to give off fragrance
So spreading, so sharing with others
The light of Christ
'The fire of His love'
As one Collect (formal prayer) says
For you, Lord, quench not a smouldering wick
You will not snuff it out
Nor break a broken reed
You will not snap it off......
There is preaching too
Preaching, yes, on a Sunday for example
Other days too
But not too be too 'preachy'
In our everyday lives
It may put people off
I mean, we don't adopt a 'pulpit-style' of speaking
In everyday conversations
But neither to compromise our faith
Lord, give us wisdom we pray
And whatever else we need....
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The fire is the light to which I am always going.
You got a match?! Me fire went out! Thanks Gold.
A tad different from you Orchi - or should I say Fuddy?
Thanks M. Wot, no song from me?! Singing will resume shortly I expect! Duddy is no relation to Doddy and the Diddy men. lol.
It's great to see you in this poem Orchi!
Cooeee 'tis me - though not in that choir! heehee. Thanks Lorna.
Cooeeee right back!
I'm collecting matches in case me fire goes out! heehee.
merry ole england
Thanks one. Or shall I say thanks pauly?!
ha! ha! either one?
Thanks STEVE ~ A real uplift on The Lord's Day in more ways than one. As a Scientist I long for the days of the Alembic ~ Alchemy & The Philosophers Stone ~ only 4 elements (120+ is too many) Earth ~ Air ~ Fire ~ Water has a symmetry & harmony like the Four Seasons & Four Gospels and Four different Toppings on one Pizza ! I am a card holding Member of the Medieval Society and I loved the Choir boys in their RUFFS ~ that would have been ideal for HMQ's Birthday Concert ~ When will they ever Learn ? Loved the Hymn & your POEM ~ The Eternal Flame which the HOLY SPIRIT has lit in every Believers Heart ~ AMEN ! Our lives speak for us ~ Living Epistles known & read of all Men ~ And especially al Women ~ who CAN read us like an OPEN BOOK ~ AMEN ? Your friend BRIAN
Well, the concert was pretty ghastly at the point I tuned in. Load of has-beens too! Some hideous ukulele playing and banjo-strumming. heehee. She could have had something 'classical' like this church choir. You is quite old yourself then - medieval? Was you with me and Goldfinch in 1066?! Seems a 'cute' choir, some of them, but traditional in their ruffs! Are they cute and angelic, or monsters in real-life sometimes?! heehee.
Orchi,
A fine write! Keep that eternal light...eternally lit! I enjoyed listening to the angelic-like children choir sing!
~Laura~
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