All Consuming Fire

Be careful not to forget the covenant of the LORD your God that he made with you; do not make for yourselves an idol in the form of anything the LORD your God has forbidden.  For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, 

a jealous God. 

As I looked over our back yard this morning

I noticed a major change from what I had

seen just two days ago.

You see on Friday Warren and Jonathan

had lit the pile of sticks and wood that

had accumulated and then they had

burned the huge pile of shrubbery which

Michael had brought back from a side job.

They also burned a large stack of tree tops

That had been there since Warren cut 

a tree down earlier this year.

All together it had been a looming

presence on the back of Georgia's yard.

Today....it is nothing but few ashes.

All gone.

Consumed.

I am reminded of the verse which speaks

of a purification process by fire.

And we are told in the book of Deuternomy, verse 24

that our God is a consuming fire.

Burning up anything that comes between us and 

Himself.  That's what He did when the Israelites

built a golden calf.

Can you imagine a life 

totally pure and devoted to 

God?

How wonderful that would be,

He is a jealous God.

He does want our attention 

focused on Him.

And why shouldn't He?

And all this

from the lack of piles in our

backyard....oh my.

I have to tell you of something that happened

this week to remind me that we Christians

are all connected in Him,

whether we know each other,

or not.

In March Warren and I met a man who

told us of his wife's battle with cancer.

He is not someone we see in our daily lives

nor have I spoken to him since.

Late last week this man and his wife,

whom I have never met came to my 

mind.  I prayed for them and wondered

what her condition might be.

Yesterday I learned that she passed

away Friday night, into Saturday sometime.

Now I don't know about you.

But I think the Lord laid them on my 

mind at just a time that they most 

needed prayer.

I don't think I was the only one

either.  I suspect a choir of intercession

was headed Heavenward

for this couple 

directed by our Heavenly Father.

Remember, I had never met her.

I had no reason to think of them

since I hadn't been in contact since March.

Our God is a jealous but caring God.

I love Him.

He deserves all praise.

This is the post where I learned that
Janet is in the presence of Jesus.
It is an amazing post.
Note the name of this blog.
Consume Me From the Inside Out.
Coincidence?
Probably not....smile.
I've known of this blog writer for years
through our homeschool group...
but we are not real life friends.
I admire her from a distance, though.....
I think you'll like her too.