Proverbs 26:21A quarrelsome person starts fights as easily as hot embers light charcoal or fire lights wood.Proverbs Daily is a reader-supported publication. All posts are free, but all donations help spread the message. When you see the word “upgrade,” you’re simply invited to help me make the sacred positively contagious...thank you in advance for becoming a free or paid subscriber.🔥 Fun facts about fire.First: Fire isn’t a thing — it’s a reaction. What we see as flames are glowing gases from rapid oxidation. In other words, fire is oxygen… on blast.Second actual factual: The more oxygen you feed fire, the hotter it gets. Take an oxy-acetylene torch — pure oxygen plus acetylene — and that flame hits over 5,500°F. That’s not just hot… that’s turn-metal-to-butter hot.Speaking of Fahrenheit, the third fascinating fact…about fire: Paper ignites at 451°F. That’s the same temperature Ray Bradbury named his famous book after. Fire (or certain reactions…cause fire is a reaction) it doesn’t need much encouragement—just the right spark.And the right spark can set something aflame. Like dry material that looks harmless — like a big Ol’ dried floral arrangement…behind a wicker chair—in your uncle’s bedroom that looks like a cool mashup of Huey P. Newton meets Uncle Jam meets nature boy…with just one spark…can really explode into flame in a moment…OK… fun fact about Freddie.When I was 11, growing up in San Francisco, my uncle stayed with us for a bit and had a whole setup — the huge wicker chair, dried feathery pampas plume plant mixed with peacock feathers, his whole room like a 70’s album cover.I snuck into that chair one day, flicked his lighter next to the plume and BOOM — a fireball. I screamed, ran out, came back, put the fire out. Yea, I got a whoopin’ for that one.But I learned something that day: 🔥 Heat + Fuel + Neglect = Disaster.📖 ScriptureProverbs 26:21 says:“A quarrelsome person starts fights as easily as hot embers light charcoal or fire lights wood.”Most people think of a contentious person as somebody out there...we all know them. But I want to look at this verse from another angle — the contentious person within.The self-talk. The comparison. The jealousy. The inner critic. That’s the “dry plume” in the room. One spark… and your peace can go up in smoke.The scripture warns us: “Without wood the fire goes out.” When you stop feeding strife — even the quietest contrarian opinionated insistent nagging voice inside you — the fire eventually dies out.Self-awareness is the real way to fight these types of fires. You’re not just dealing with external smoke — you’re dealing with internal combustion.So the question is:🔥 Are you tending the fire inside… or letting it burn unchecked? When you master yourself — your words, your thoughts, your inner climate — you stop being at the mercy of outside sparks.💥 Remember“Don’t just fight the flames around you—tame the fire within you.”PrayerLord, calm my inner embers and guard the peace within.Today’s ChallengeCatch one moment today when your internal voice flares toward conflict — comparison, criticism, or chaos. Pause. Ask, “Am I stoking this fire?” Then swap that thought for a calm word. Be the extinguisher, not the match.About the AuthorFred Lynch is a creative communicator, author, and Christian Hip Hop pioneer. To learn more about Fred and what he’s up to now…click here or you can find him in all the socials by searching the handle: heyfredlynch📱Experience Proverbs Daily by Subscribing!Ready to receive daily wisdom directly on your phone?Go to proverbsdaily.org for the app or just click that Subscribe button right now!Be Wise and Be Well...peace.Thanks for reading Proverbs Daily! This post is public so feel free to share it.
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