Fire!

I knew the minute I answered the phone and heard her voice it wasn’t the usual call, even though she just asked what I was doing.

Our oldest daughter called Sunday afternoon and asked if we could come over, there had been a fire at their house. We got a few details and headed over.

Here is what we found.



Where the shed had previously been.





Chicken Coop, now charred





Side of boat





Inside the boat


They had just gotten a new batch of baby chickens a week or two before and had them in the shed under a heat light. The light had fallen and started the fire that consumed the whole shed and everything in it. It also charred the chicken coop next to it. The heat was so intense that it even destroyed the boat that was several yards away.





Fire in progress. Someone who knew them was driving by and snapped these.





From another angle


After looking at the pictures, I was reminded of James 3:5-6 that says, “Even so the tongue is a little member, and it can boast of great things. See how much wood or how great a forest a tiny spark can set ablaze! And the tongue is a fire. It is a world of wickedness set among our members, contaminating and depraving the whole body and setting on fire the wheel of birth (the cycle of man’s nature), being itself ignited by hell.

Maybe we should ask ourselves what our tongue is setting on fire. Just like the fire ignited the boat even though it was yards away, if not kept in check with the Holy Spirit’s help, our tongue has the capacity to ignite anything near us.

Keep your “fire” under control!