Reverend Marsh writes:
When I was a boy making the morning fires in the fireplace, sometimes, as I cleared away the ashes, I would find some glowing embers from the fire of the night before. I would lay some kindling wood on the coals and blow gently until it glowed bright red and then burst into flame. Jesus knew that underneath the ashes of a misspent life the divine embers lay, awaiting the blowing of the Spirit…Jesus had faith in the power of the love of God to redeem [sinners]. [Source: Clinton Marsh]