A Pimple and a Sparkler

Life is like a pimple. One pimple on your face is such a distraction. It dominates so much attention. You mash, cover it, doctor it with creams, but it is still there. Meanwhile the entire rest of your face is fine. The point is that so often we let something small dominate and take over out thoughts when we need to stop and say God you are in control, and I know this is a temporary issue. Focus on all the things that are not the few bad things!

But what about the sparkler? Well we have these events in our life that are igniting. Sometimes they are exciting events that we planned, some are unplanned and then some are explosive events we never expected. Some we light ourselves and some of these explosive events are lit by someone else. Either way we experience it! When it is over we are left holding a burnt out piece of metal. There is no purpose that holding it can serve. It only handicaps our movements because it hinders our abilities to use our hand. It’s time to drop your burnt sparkler and live in the now. Trust God to lead you on a path of restoration from explosives and the joy of new excitement in fresh new ways.