4-4-10A shower

4-4-10
Sun (Easter)
8:35

1 Cor 15 is cool to read around Easter.
So… god reminded me of something the other day. At the place I stay here, there are fire-heated outdoor shower. One chillyish morning I woke up and looked outside my door. There was smoke coming over the top of the shower stalls, so I knew that the workers were heating the water. But, I knew to wait ~ ten minutes until the smoke died down, because by then the water should be hot and the coals would be glowing. After the smoke stopped, I got ready and headed over to the shower. As I walked over, I heard the familiar spurting and spattering of watter that comes from the steam pressure release tube over the shower’s tin roof. This is the best and surest sign that the water is ready. So, I got undressed and turned on the water and eiee it was so cold! I went around back to check the fire, and found only cold ashes there. I found that the smoke had been coming from the neighbor’s compound, and the spattering watter was from the wet leaves of the trees above, spattering watter on the tin roof when the wind blew. I still took a shower, but I hade a very cold morning (I just realized that “water” only has 1 “t”)
so…the same is true of people. You can see them doing good things or acting in a good way, and see evidences of who they are (like seeing the smoke over the shower), and you can heart them saying good things and right things and hear evidences of who they are (like hearing spattering on the tin roof), but all the right sounds and sights will never make hot water. It only makes a difference if the smoke and spattering are coming form the Fire (in the heart) itself.
……….why can’t God teach me stuff from warm showers?