What makes a fire?

June 17, 2008

While I may not have learned a lot from high school science classes, I did learn one thing. It takes three things to make a fire. The first is fuel, the second is air and the last is heat. If you take any one of those three away, then the fire has to go out. So it is with other types of fires as well.


Proverbs 26:21 GNB
(21) Charcoal keeps the embers glowing, wood keeps the fire burning, and troublemakers keep arguments alive.

You see, it takes at least two to have a fire of anger going. If one of the parties will not get angry, the fire has to eventually go out. It may sputter a while since one of the two will still be angry, but in the end, it will go out. You have effectively taken away the heat. You have also taken away the fuel. If only one stick is burning, the fire will go out.

The trick is in not responding when someone is angry and tries to bring you down to their anger.

Practice is a key element in that.

Today

Proverbs 25:1-26:28
Tomorrow

Proverbs 27:1-29:27

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