Fire is an appropriate image...
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Fire is an appropriate image for God because fire is something that we often experience as being beyond our control. For instance, in the spring of 2000, National Park Service workers intentionally set a brush fire in some park lands in New Mexico. The fire was supposed to be a controlled burn, limited to a particular area, for the purpose of allowing new growth to begin in that area. The problem, however, was that the fire got out of control. The Park Service miscalculated the wind speed and direction, and the flames spread beyond their ability to contain them, destroying thousands of acres, including much of the town of Los Alamos.
We often think that we can manage God and contain God to limited portions of our lives. But God stands prepared to burn beyond any boundaries that we might try to set up.
--Bowen
We often think that we can manage God and contain God to limited portions of our lives. But God stands prepared to burn beyond any boundaries that we might try to set up.
--Bowen
