Jagged; Irregular; Spent

During our Meditation Sunday at church, we have these lovely candles burning up front that help create a serene mood. The candles that happened to be burning this Sunday were less than perfect. In fact, they looked like they had seen a lot of "life". (And they had.) They were "misshapen" to say the least.

 As I was looking at the cluster of "spent" candles, I grew charmed by the interesting shadows and jagged lines and irregular cavities that framed the flames within. I thought, "What a metaphor that is of us as a church. We are spent. We look it. But we have this flame within. Together, we are lovely. Together, we are interesting. Together, we are far more than we are apart. "