Tuesday, January 12, 2010

reMIND.org

I don't know if anyone reads this blog but if you do please go to reMIND.org. I heard the founder say something that was just one of the truest statements I have ever heard.

The founder is Bob Woodruff. He is a journalist who was embedded with troops in Iraq. He sustained a major head injury. He has taken up the cause of seeing to it that returning troops get the respect and the care they deserve.

He stated today on a TV program that if veterans returning from Vietnam received the care they deserved this country would be a lot different today. I believe he is absolutely correct.

I may not be fortunate enough to be in the military but I can do as much as possible to support them. Please do the same. Here is a link to a video on the website.

http://vimeo.com/4551642
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Saturday, January 2, 2010

Consuming Fire



This has always been my favorite Third Day song. Thief is a good one but I always loved Consuming Fire. I was never sure why, I just knew I did.

I have been paying a lot more attention to the lyrics lately. Here they are for your reading enjoyment.


Set this place on fire
Send your spirit Savior
Rescue from the mire
Show your servant favor

Yesterday was the day that I was alone
Now I'm in the presence of almighty God
Yes our God, he is a consuming fire
The flames burn down deep in our soul
Yes our God, he is a consuming fire
He reaches inside and melts down this cold heart of stone

Set this place on fire
Send your spirit Savior
Rescue from the mire
Show your servant favor

Yesterday was the day that I was alone
Now I'm in the presence of almighty God
Yes our God, he is a consuming fire
The flames burn down deep in our soul
Yes our God, he is a consuming fire
He reaches inside and melts down this cold heart of stone

Did you realize that inside you is a flame
Did you ever try to let it burn, let it burn, let it burn

Yes our God, he is a consuming fire
The flames burn down deep in our soul
Yes our God, he is a consuming fire
He reaches inside and melts down this cold heart of stone


I love how they say that there is a flame inside you. I have listened to this song a million times and I never understood that. I just recently understood that there is a flame inside me. I just needed to let it burn.

I looked up Fire in the index of my Bible to find some verses on the subject. There are at least a hundred listings. I personally think we all have a different fire.

It can be the refiners fire as in Malachi 3. It can take a good believing man and make into something more. Something that is stronger and harder in the ways of the Lord.

I think the one that always kept this song on my heart is the one in Jeremiah 20:9

Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more of his name. but His work was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.

Here the word stay means endure. When you know the truth and choose to ignore it the Jeremiah Fire is there. It is like a burning in your bones. Reminding you just how silly and ignorant you are.

I used to listen to this song over and over and not realize why. Now I know it was the same fire that burned within Jeremiah thousands of years ago. It was reminding me of a truth I had chosen to ignore.

Find out what fire is burning within you. Just check the back of your Bible and turn to a verse that catches your eye. Then all you have to do it let it burn.
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