Fire       A Small piece of wood or cardboard with red at one end or the other; It can be warmed, but not catch fire. It can be cold then, with help, burst into flames. I used to be a match that was warmed by people around me. Then God ignited my conscience. Only God can light and sustain this fire in my heart. It never goes out. If I cover it up with shame it won’t be seen anymore, but it will still be there. When I get near others with my flame unsheathed their match warms up, and sometimes ignites. If I go away they can go out, unless of course God lights it. This fire that feels so good to me, is torture to those who live against it. I can't help but let my conscience affect other people. Out of empathy I feel like I need to help others to where they can be lit.   The flame’s attributes are what torment those who don't belong, because they have the opposite. Hate, jealousy, turmoil, discontempt, brutality, harshness, evilness, unreliability, lack of control... Everyone who doesn't follow God knows deep in his or her heart, at least at a subconscious level, that they need to live with God. Those who reject this truth will go through the results of a burning conscience. Even if their sense of right and wrong becomes numb, it can have short-term consequences. Of the portrait of the flame, joy stands out. The other parts are completing; they make us whole. But Joy doesn't just complete, it overflows. When God gives joy, He doesn't just give enough, He gives so much that it infects everyone around - as if our temperament were a cup and God didn't stop filling with joy when it got to the top. Instead He pours so much that it spills into the cups of people around. If someone seeking God with all their heart had trouble telling others about God, God would tell others through them by the vast Joy He can give. Mark (1:8), Luke (3:16), John (1:33, 8:31-33, 15:11, 17:17,19), Acts (1:5, 11:16), 1 Cor (2:14), 2 Cor (3:3), Gal (5:18-23), Eph (1:17), 1 Thes (3:13), 1 Pet (1:15), 1 John (4:6), Rev (22:11) © 2004 Kai Napohaku