John of the Cross has an interesting image: Intimacy with God and with each other will only take place when we reach a certain kindling temperature. He suggests that for too much of our lives, we lie around as damp, green logs inside the fire of love, waiting to come to flame but never bursting into flame because of our dampness. Before we can burst into flame, we must first dry out and come to kindling temperature. We do that, as does a damp log inside a fire, by first sizzling for a long time in the flames so as to dry out.
--Fr. Ron Rolheiser,
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