"We are not just called to be candles. Candles make for nice Christmas services and for a nice peace vigil (or a pretty Elton John song). They can remind us that God's light dwells within us and that we are to shine that light in this dark world. But we are not just called to be candles. We are called to be fire* Candles can be snuffed out by the slightest wind or by the smallest child on their birthday. But it's harder to put out a fire. We are to be fire, to weave our lives together so that the Spirit's inferno of love spreads across the earth. We are a bride, not a harem."
"* And when I say fire, I mean the kind of fire that purifies and cleanses, not that kind of fire that destroys. This is the gentle fire that the Scriptures speak of, the fire that melts away the impurities of precious metals. The fire that burns away the chaff and the dead branches so that we may be fully alive as people and as a planet. The fire that consumes bushes and sinners without destroying them."
Shane Claiborne, Irresistible Revolution
Luke 11:33 No man, when he has lighted a candle, puts it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
Holding up a burning flame...
Great menorah with an added curious fellow. Smile
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It's not so little when it is joined with other lights, this little light or flame becomes a great fire.
Video & Song
'This Little Light of Mine'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP-yuXlONVQ&feature=related
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