God’s Power, Fire, and Smoke
Summer is winding down towards the cooler weather of fall, however, the fire season is in full flame, as we in the Treasure Valley experience the smoky results of the devastating fires that are burning around us, once again endangering property and lives. This pattern seems to have turned into an annual event for late summer, yet we can be thankful that it is only the smoke we are dealing with and not the actual fires. Smoke is an interesting phenomenon and word, which in the English language we use to express a surprising variety of ideas. Idioms such as the following ones are very familiar to us in our daily conversations: “There’s no smoke without fire†“Put that in your pipe and smoke it†“Go up in smoke†“Smoke…
