Finding Firewood

Finding firewood varies according to where you live. Near metropolitan areas, you can find a lot of firewood near construction sites. It is usually pushed to one side of the site in windrows. It is wise to get permission from a site foreman.

Big cooperate holdings may have permits available in cutting dead wood on their lands. I got a permit from a private college for this activity. You may have to sign some legal form saying that if a plane falls out of the sky and hits you, you won't hold the owner of the land responsible.

When I lived in Oregon, Douglas Fir would wash up along the river banks. You could go in under abandoned piers and cut it. It would take a while for it to dry out from being waterlogged but the price was right.

State and National forests sell permits for firewood cutting for a nominal fee. You can go to a logging site and cut wood to your hearts content at a landing where the slash has been left.

Cutting wood piled by a bulldozer is a little tricky. You have to watch your footing and which way the logs will fall, and cut the log all at the same time.

Sometimes you can find free wood advertised in the newspaper. They want people to cut up as much as they can before they have to pay someone to haul it away.

The saying, “You always get what you pay for,” is not always true with firewood. A lot of people don't want anything to do with the work and hardness of cutting firewood. People don't have the skill or tools to utilize what is there. It is a resource untapped and there for the taking.

This is the way it is in evangelism. People need the Lord but having the unction to present Christ to them is the key. People know they have a need but they don't have a handle on what will meet their need. They usually seek things that give a quick fix. What they need is a savior!

Those who win souls are wise. (Proverbs) Finding those who need a savior and presenting the gospel in a way that they can understand it and accept it is a gift from the Lord. This gift is learned as we follow Jesus. Let us follow Jesus and learn to win souls. “Follow Me and I will make you fishers of men.” Matthew 4:19