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Luke 12:49-54
‘I came to bring fire to the earth, and
how I wish it were already kindled! I have a baptism with which to be baptized,
and what stress I am under until it is completed! Do you think that I have come to bring peace to
the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division! From now on, five in one household will be
divided, three against two and two against three; they will be divided:
father against son
and son against father,
mother against daughter
and daughter against mother,
mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law
and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.’
father against son
and son against father,
mother against daughter
and daughter against mother,
mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law
and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.’
Hearts of fire
Are
there any words of comfort here? My morning heart longs for words of comfort
and peace that will carry me through the day.
I
come seeking the Love that brings peace, a quiet heart, assurance that I am
held in the care of the Great Presence you are. Instead I find passion, divine
passion.
The
comfort of the kingdom is that of knowing the passion of a Love that wants and
holds us in all manner of circumstances. This fire of God is not a gentle flame
by which we can merely warm ourselves.
It is
a dangerous and uncomfortable. It seeks to fill every corner of your being. It
warms but also awakens passion that moves one beyond personal concern to love a
world where millions suffer and justice is denied.
Hearts
afire ache to be given away just like the Love who holds them.
