A burnt child dreads fire but...

This is the most spontaneously I've written so far.

Where I immediately grab my laptop with little thought and plan and get at it.

Refiner by Maverick city (a band that is in every way heaven sent!) is playing in the background.

It's a song I fell in love with the first time I heard it. And couldn't stop singing it. And then, all of a sudden I stopped singing it. I was too afraid to. I couldn't.

Here's a snippet of the lyrics;

I want to be tried by fire, purified. You take whatever you desire, Lord here's my life.

Burn me beautiful, burn me holy.

Burn me righteous, burn me lovely.

I want to be really brief today so I'll say, after a pep talk of sorts from my friend, he put things into perspective reminding me that if my loyalty and heart really belongs to God, then I should be ready for his chastening. For the ways in which he desires to purify me. I should really want to burn for only Him. I shouldn't be afraid of singing the song in simpler terms.

But get this. I'd listened to the song severally but never connected the line she (Steffany) sings spontaneously; Brand us with your name as a bridge (of sorts) in the song with the rest of the song.

Branding is as you know, a popular way of sealing. A seal of ownership. A mark. A ''this is mine don't mess with it'' type mark. An  ''I bought this for a price'' type mark. A ''back off'' type mark.

and the branding hurts. more often than not associated with heat. 

Okay, in conclusion, as He is refining us He is branding us and it's a beautiful process. Or at least we know it ends beautifully.

    To put this simply, all the ways in which God puts us through fires of varying intensities, it's most likely to get rid of certain things or teach certain other things. And in that, He is branding us with His name. Making us look more like Him (as Chandler in the same song sings, also spontaneously)

So yeah, I got excited when I connected the dots and so I came here. 

Later!