"May you be comforted by the burning protective strength of your Father’s strong and stormy love.
May you be captivated by the focused heat and glow of your Bridegroom’s jealous passion.
May you recline at peace and with veiled face bow.
May you be thrilled and terrified at the rampaging, irresistible zeal of this consuming fire who has pledged Himself to do you good all the days of your life and who will not hold back even if the good seems bad, and stings and burns and blisters your skin.
May your heart thrill at the awesome God who held nothing back that He might hold you close, who poured on His Son what He never deserved that you might receive forever what you would not have desired, but were created for.
Then may your own heart become an altar aflame with fiery love and exclusive zeal to bring Him glory and expand His praise among all peoples and nations—among your friends and enemies too."
- Timothy Stoner, The God Who Smokes: Scandalous Meditations on Faith
Hat Tip: Trevin Wax at Kingdom People
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