Dry Tinder

  Dry Tinder
 
  Hot winds
     blow.
  Rain doesn’t
      come.
 
  The tinder
     is dry
  waiting,
     aching
       to be lit
  with the fire
     of God.
 
  Out of control,
     wildfires
   destroy,
     threaten
  the dry
     waiting
       tinder.
 
  Are the small
     backfires
       of God
     enough
  to stop
   the onslaught?
 
  The threat
     is real.
  The tinder
    is dry.
 
  Which
     of the fires
  will set it
   to  burning?
                   (2016)

I wrote this a few days ago and wasn’t too sure why or what inspired it.  My thoughts at the time were of those who are seeking....wanting so much to find and know God in their lives.  They are the ones who are caught up in fear and don’t know which way to turn.  They fear the onslaught of violence, afraid it will suck them in...desperate for the knowing of truth and love of God.  There is the constant struggle of good vs evil and even good people find themselves doing evil things....afraid to stand against it.
 
There are so many posts on facebook stating how much our country needs God....as if God has deserted us.  I wonder if the people who post these things realize that if we, as individuals,  don’t actively know and share God, neither will our country.

We are the tinder.  It is dry, it is fragile and it takes no more than a spark to set it aflame.  It’s our choice whether we burn with the fires of the love of God or allow ourselves to be fuel for the violence, ignorance and greed which seems to be sweeping over us.

We are ready to burn.  Which will set us afire?