I've got this friend right.
A friend for years OK.
He comes out with just some of the best stuff!
He was chatting to a guy who runs a crematorium.
The crematorium man was talking about the realities of disposing of the human shell when it's run its course. Obviously it makes you think.
Into the middle of this conversation my mate says "The human spirit is fire proof."
When he told me this, I absolutely loved it. Couldn't get it out of my mind. FIRE PROOF!
'See, I've been reading all sorts of challenging stuff lately. Stuff that has been going down to the root of how I live, how I think. The fact is, I have been following Jesus for some 37 years. At times I've been regarded as radical. At times I've thought of myself as a close relation to the traditional English suet dumpling - a bit thick, a little on the heavy side, stodgy maybe, and very well boiled. The truth of the matter is that this is a journey and it has its ups and downs. Destination certain, mode of travel interesting!
During times like these, it's great to hear again that the spirit is FIRE PROOF.
I guess we could relate it to a trip on the space shuttle. Re-entry is the really interesting bit. If you're going to live to tell the tale of all your adventures, you'd better just hope they got those little tiles on the outside right! All kinds of bits and pieces will be burned off during re-entry, it's what's left that will matter and will really tell the tale.
So folks, during this particular part of the journey, it came as a reassuring reminder from my mate, "The human spirit is fire proof."
Good thing too, I say.
Love
Pete
