Dear Fire:
While it may hurt and burn as I walk through, I will not allow you to burn my soul. You have came to take away my childhood, cause me to experience trauma and abuse, take away my home, my car, and even separate me from my children, came to cause divorce, racism at the job, periods of unemployment, but through it all, its burned shame, burned the guilt, burn the low self-esteem, burn the mental health issues, and shaped me to be strengthened in adversity. It has also caused me to rededicate myself back to the Lord, knowing that its my control or my will. The burning in the fire is not loss, but a win in Christ.