The spent this last weekend at an advance for a group of men, but to be honest I spent most of my time reflecting back to things I have written in the past and writing for the future. I want to share with you one of my old journal moments. This is from a retreat I took back in November 2002.
The Prairie
For prairies to remain health, to remain prairies they need to occasionally be burned. This burning helps rid the grasslands of unwanted woody shrubs and trees. It also releases back into the soil nutrients of long dead plants for the new growth. After being burned the prairie will come back lush and green revitalized by the removal of “junk” and the replenishing of nutrients.
It seems to me that my life is like the prairie. It is God who needs to burn off the unwanted things in my life. The removal then allows me to flourish as I refocus my energy on God. We need to take the time to allow God to replenish and refresh us. To rekindle the fire within, to become who He wants us to be.
I am taking a week (more or less) off to do just that. The prairie fire was ignited this past weekend and now through this week I will allow it to burn off the old and see what new growth sprouts up.
The is the condition of your “prairie?” What does God need to burn our of your life? How are you going to allow God to transform you, refresh you, revitalize you? Take some time this week to ask God to ignite a prairie fire in you.