FIRE !!

Fire! One of the most simple fundamentals of life. An yet, I can't get one started.

Just how the hell am I going to turn back the hands of time and live a more simple life if I can't even take two sticks and make a fire.

In the past week, I have spent about 1 hour about every other day trying to get a fire going with just the bare necessities of life. I've taken a stick and a flat piece of wood and rubbed the stick back and forth frantically on the flat piece. I've built a bow with rope and a branch and had a wooden spindle inserted to twist the wood at high speed to cause heat buildup. I've spun a branch between my hands to twist it to make heat. AND I FAILED ... each and every time! The best results I got was a little smoke one time, but far from enough to start a fire.

Why am I doing this? Let's just say it's a small part of my life that is incomplete. I feel IF I can start a fire with two sticks, then I can progress to bigger and better things. Things like, getting free water, creating electricity from the sun, growing food, etc ......!!

So each day I will head out and spend time trying to create a fire with nothing more than some branches, and one day I WILL SUCCEED DAMMIT! Maybe if I was stuck out in the middle of nowhere and my toes were about to fall off I would get a fire going a little quicker, but that doesn't mean I'm NOT trying!

And for those of you who are wondering .... YES, I do know that there are things called matches. In fact, you can get 250 of them for only 99 cents at Menards! How cheap is that?? But your also missing the point. To CREATE fire is a whole new ball game. So for all you people shaking your head and laughing at what appears to be my stupidity, I encourage you to give it a shot yourself. I think you'll find it a wee bit harder than it looks. And as a added benefit, when you do create your very own fire out of 2 sticks, you will then be one step closer to God.



Todays RBV: Leviticus 20:14 And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.


Well I guess that's one way to get fire. But I think I'll "stick" to my "sticks". (Pun intended)