Real Fireworks

The light from fireworks is a real delight for me. I like to watch them and I like to light them off (not that I would ever light the illegal ones, except in highly controlled settings). It really is a good thing for me that people up here in vacationland keep celebrating Independence Day till the end of August.
When I was I kid, it started with simple "sparklers." I then made my own, using the stuff from sparklers, packed into an old bb tube. We were economically challenged, and did a lot of "do it your self" things. My older brother was a joy to watch, because his chemistry set could be made to produce truely dangerous explosives.
The trouble with fireworks is that the light they give off is so fleeting, so temporary. It won’t really light your way. It is gorgeous, it is wonderful, it is pretty, it is awesome. But it is short.
The light of God’s fireworks, God’s word and God’s Spirit, the fire of God's love, is consistent and constant and trustworthy and true. That’s the eternal glow of God’s promise.
At Light of the Cross Church and probably at a church near you too, we try to shine the light of God’s fireworks on your path so that you can find hope and abundant life. We do sometimes "hide it under a bushel" in the words of the old kids song, and the light we show can be so "little." But under that bushel and behind that "little" is God's abundant fire. I wanna get better at letting that "fire."
I'm on the journey with you.