There’s something I’ve always enjoyed about getting a few logs going, whether it’s a small coffee fire while hiking or lighting the fireplace at the cabin.
And after doing it enough times, you start noticing how a fire behaves. One proper piece of wood can be surprisingly difficult to keep burning on its own, but place another beside it and something changes. They begin sharing the heat.
That got me thinking about faith.
Our relationship with God is personal, but I’m not sure it was ever meant to be lived alone. Sometimes our faith feels warm and natural, while at other times disappointment, grief or simply being tired can make things feel different.
And just like wood, we don’t all catch in the same way either. Dry wood may burn quickly, while wet wood needs more time and more warmth around it.
In this episode of Endure Faith, I reflect on Ecclesiastes 4:9–10 and Hebrews 10:24–25, and on the simple idea that sometimes we don’t need someone to fix us or tell us to burn brighter. Sometimes we just need someone close enough that we don’t cool down on our own.
Maybe we were never meant to see how long we could keep our own little flame alive.
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