And I believe God just gave me that very irritating experience to remind me again of how hard it is for God to set a fire in my life, and perhaps in yours. We need a source of heat for the flame to ignite. God is that spark. It is God who anoints us to receive his love. Another thing I discovered is you've got to have the fuel in close enough proximity for it to burn, once ignition has taken place.
Nothing can catch on.
The paper catches in this corner of the stove, but the wood is all over here, so nothing is happening. A fire also needs a continuous flow of oxygen to feed it. I experimented with both, and that's when the smoke started building up. What I learned from that, again, is that a fire will not burn if it does not have a source of oxygen. And so it is in the Christian life, believe it or not.