Raging fire or dying coals

When a fire burns and you take a coal out of the fire, it doesn't last long.  It grows dimmer and dimmer until eventually its just a pile of ash.  Dead and cold.

Isn't the family of God like that?  When we are in fellowship and in community - the fire burns brightly but when we try to do it ourselves, the flame starts to die. 

Is your fire burning bright or have you walking away out of offense or hurts to do it alone?  

It's not too late.

Don't let that fire burn out.  Go back.  

It might mean .... forgiveness

It might mean ....... repentance

It might mean ..... submission

It might mean ....... not looking for perfection but practicing grace