Fires

The fires were devastating and they continue to be a problem to those who have lost thier homes. So we continue to serve and help those who need it.

What it reminds me of is our spirtual lives during firey trials and persuctions.

Just as the fires swept california there are fires in our lives that seem to never stop burning. They die down for a while, but then burn up again spreading like wild fire. As they continue, they destroy things in our lives that have to be rebuilt back up and sometimes destroy things that are lost forever.

But just as the San Diego fires brought the whole city together and brought out so much love for one another, so does the trials in our lives. God uses them to take things away that we don't need in our lives and to make us stronger. He uses the trials to make us pull together as a family to love, to serve, and to engourage.

Just as some people in the fires didn't want to leave their homes even when the fire was close, there are things we have a hard time letting go of. But if we can just leave them to God and evacuate to His place of refuge, which is prayer, He will make the outcome the most beautiful thing ever seen. It will be something bigger and eternal.

God bless all of you.