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Fire and Ice by Larry Smith

There are times when we are faced with situations where there is no good choice; dammed if we do and dammed if we don’t. What then?

I was looking at this capture of extremes and wanted to discuss indecision with my wife. So, I asked what she thought about the subject. She answered, “I haven’t thought about it”.  I had to laugh at the point made.   

It was mild the morning this picture was taken , but the sunrise colors were warm, contrasted against a cool background. Kicking back in a warm tub feels so good, but life often calls for extremes. The angel of Revelation 3 had a message for Laodicea, the last of the churches. “I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth. For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing; not knowing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked” (Revelation‬ ‭3:15-17‬).

Then verses 18 and 19 give the solution to slothful lukewarmness; “Therefore I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may be rich, and white garments to clothe you and to keep the shame of your nakedness from being seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see. Those whom I love, I reprove and chasten; so be zealous and repent” (‭‭Revelation‬ ‭3:18-19).‬ ‭ These symbols require further exploration.

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