Drying

Drying firewood is not too difficult, it just takes time and good ventilation. You don't have to cover the wood pile from rain. The wood will dry out from rain in a couple of days with a little bit of wind. Drying means the sap leaves the log. A good indication of this is when the log is splitting at the cut ends. If you are keeping the wood for more than one year, fast rotting may be a problem Cover the firewood stack to preserve the wood longer.

The ends start to split as the sap leaves the log. This is a good indication that the log is ready to split and burn. It is a lot more work to split the log before it is dry. If you have a shortage of dry wood, split it while it is green and it will dry faster. If you try to burn the log before it is dry you will not get efficient heat from the wood. The fire will first have to boil the sap out of the wood before it can burn the log. This will use up some of the fire's energy causing the fire to be cooler.

As time is needed to season firewood. Christians need to spend time meditating on the Word of God. Meditation allows God's word to settle into ones spirit so that it may effect them for good. Meditation allows the concepts of the Bible to move from the head to the heart. Meditation on God's Word is one of the keys to success in life.

Josh 1:8 “ This book of the law shall not depart fro your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written i it; for then you will make your way prosperous and then you will have success.”

God's word is alive and as we give it time to grow within us we are able to become mature and able to use it for the Masters use. Sometimes it is just time that is involved in making us mature. We grow as we allow God's Word to flow within our spirit.

Let God's word get into you spirit so that you may believe in your spirit that what it says is actually what God wants for us.

Psalm 1:1,2 “How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the path of sinners, not sit in the seat of scoffers!

But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night.”