My Heart Is On Fire By Doug Apple - A Short Christian Devotional To Open The Scriptures And Make Your Heart Burn Within You!

I’m Doug Apple...and my heart is on fire! (Luke 24:32) Start with the box. That’s what I heard a famous composer say. He was writing music for a new movie, and he said you start with the box. You have to set up a framework, the boundaries you are going to work within in the creative process. Otherwise you get sloppy, there is no consistency, and you end up with a mess. So start with the box, then unleash your creativity within the box. Believe it or not, creativity actually thrives within the boundaries of a box. Yes, some people say, “I want to be free! I want to do whatever I want, whenever I want, however I want. I want to be completely free to follow whatever whim hits me with no limits." Yes, and that’s a good formula for ending up with a sloppy mess. Studies show that kids thrive in a home with appropriate boundaries. Children who are left to themselves, free to do whatever they please, end up in a sloppy mess. Marriages with appropriate boundaries thrive. Marriages without boundaries en