I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls. While traveling in Finland, I appreciated the Finns' lavish use of candles. They never treat them as mere ornaments.
Candles bring warmth and light into their homes during short winter days.
The Finns know that a candle's purpose is missed unless it is burned. When my husband and I began our missionary work, I longed to burn out for God. Within several years I had burned out all right, but not for God. Mine was a classic case of useless burnout, brought on by many self-caused stresses. One night I hit rock bottom and discovered that the rock was Christ.