You are so mysterious as you dance from log to log.  Your flames are never the same.  I stare at you like I was waiting for a message from you just for me.  I look at you mesmerized by your ever changing appearance.  Just when I think I have you figured out, you surprise me time and time again.  One minute you seemly draw weak and your presence seems so distant.  But your intensity lurks in the glowing embers.  Your not so weak after all.  As I draw close to you, I am quickly reminded of your power.  Even though I see no flame it doesn’t mean you are not there.  It’s your sneaky way of keeping me close.

You provide warmth and security in a cold world.  You provide light in the darkness.  When I am near you the darkness doesn’t seem so threatening.  The darkness lurks around me, but it does not hold a candle to you. You quickly remind me that you are the one.  The cold world around me takes a shot at me as well.  It closes in, threatening to replace your warmth.  But you will have none of that.  You beckon me to move closer to you and I feel safe again as the coldness is pushed way.

But then I become too complacent.  I take you for granted.  I move back and sit motionless expecting you to do all the work.  I get tired of moving.  Our relationship becomes one sided.  I start to feel alone.  Coldness sees an opportunity and jumps on it.  Darkness begins to make its move.  Then I realize what I have done.  I let our relationship grow cold.  I have stopped encountering you.  I have mistakenly thought I could keep myself warm and safe through other means.  So I stoke our relationship.  I come to you and all of a sudden you roar back into my life.  I feel your warmth and I realize that you never went anywhere.  You were always there.

I never want to leave the warmth and security you provide.  Light the fire in my soul, Oh Lord.  You provide all that I need for this life and the next.  Why would I ever think I could survive without you.  Keep me close to you and never let the darkness overcome me.  You are my light and my salvation.  You are my safe refuge.  Oh Lord my God, rekindle the flame within me so I may be a light in this cold dark world. 

You are so mysterious as you dance with me.  You are always the same; your love for me never changes.  I stare at you like I was waiting for a message from you just for me.  And the message is this:  You died and rose from the grave just for me.  The fire in my soul has indeed been lit.  I feel safe again. 

Can YOU feel the warm glow of God in your life?  -EDH-