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) “Doug, what’s on your bucket list? What do you want to do before you kick the bucket? Before you die? Before your life is over, kaput, fini, muerto?” All right, well, it’s a short list. In fact, my bucket list can be summed up in one painting by Yongsung Kim, one of my favorites. It’s a wintry scene in the country. It’s a cold but sunny day and a man is out for a walk. In the painting he has stopped walking and is looking up to the sky, as if he’s pondering the weather, or something greater. The man is painted to look like Jesus, in His robe and sandals, with a walking stick. And behind him is a sheep, one solitary sheep. They aren’t moving. They are just standing there, Jesus looking up to the sky, and the sheep looking up to Jesus. The sheep isn’t running off on his own. The sheep isn’t pushing the shepherd to hurry up. The sheep is just watching the shepherd, waiting for him t