Fire on the earth

Thursday August 19th, Luke 12: 49 "I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! The word used here for fire can also mean passion, or enthusiasm. Having that kind of zeal for the word of God in this world compels us into action and activism. The trouble comes when we see those who disagree with us as enemies rather than the children of God, brothers and sisters who disagree with us. Growth comes more through conversation than conflict, wisdom on the cutting edge of disagreement. God calls us to have both passion and compassion, to argue each point as if it were the most important idea in the world, and in the end, compromise as if it were the most loving.