No Spark at Breakfast

Yesterday, whilst enjoying breakfast, Monic shouted from the kitchen “the gas hob isn’t working…” “the gas isn’t igniting.”

I wandered through, twisted the knob and sure enough… no clicking and no spark.

Perhaps something serious was wrong.

We tried again, checked the burners, then got the matches.

We persevered with matches and the burner lit.

“That’s strange” I thought, now mildly concerned.

Eventually, after a little online consultation and a bit more head-scratching, the truth emerged.

I returned to the kitchen and made an incredible discovery…

Somehow – one of us had turned the electricity off!

Yes – that simple!

The gas hob was absolutely fine.

The gas was ready.

The flame was willing.

It just had no power to spark.

As soon as the switch went back on, click…then instant flame!

We both smiled, as we burst into laughter together. (Old age? Possibly. )

How often are we a bit like that hob?

I couldn’t help but smile at the small lesson in it all.

Nothing was broken.

Nothing was missing.

We just needed to switch the power back on.

Sometimes faith is a bit like that.

We keep trying harder, compensating, improvising, when what’s really needed is to quietly reconnect to the source.

As Russell M. Nelson once said: “Faith in Jesus Christ is the greatest power available to us in this life.”

Faith, I’m learning, doesn’t have to be loud or heroic.

Sometimes it’s just the small spark that comes when we reconnect to Him, and suddenly, light appears far more easily than we expected.

What spark might be missing in your faith right now?