Candles
AT A GOOD friend’s wedding today, they’d a beautiful lighting of candles ceremony, which reminds me of one of my favourite Christian songs:
There is a candle in every soul,
some brightly burning, some dark and cold.
There is a Spirit who brings fire,
ignites a candle and makes His home….Frustrated brother, see how he’s tried to
light his own candle some other way.
See now your sister, she’s been robbed and lied to,
still holds a candle without a flame.
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From Kay Redfield Jameson:
Some people and words have inexplicably and savingly provided not only cloak but lantern for the darker seasons and grimmer weather. And at some time in your life an inner fire goes out — it then bursts into flame by an encounter with another human being — we should be grateful for these people.
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Birthdays, Christmas…it’s not about how much or what we can buy or eat or consume. It’s about giving and gifts in the best possible sense of the words. It’s telling the story again — lives touched, lives changed, breaking of bread and pouring of wine and fellowship. What a life means, what leading a full life means.
I’ve met beautiful people this past year who embodied the best virtues of service and love and generosity, role models. I know that’s what I want in my life…