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As I sit here humming Johnny Cash\u2019s \u201cRing of Fire,\u201d I can\u2019t help but think about the many rings of fire that touch our lives. Johnny sang of a love so fierce it felt like flames. Couples wear rings that symbolize their promises to forever love each other through all of life\u2019s seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few months ago, we looked up and witnessed a different kind of fire \u2013 a solar eclipse creating a celestial ring of fire in the sky. And now, at the Paris Summer Olympics, we see a ring of fire that was always on the ground as real fire burning inside it during the games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, as the sun goes down over the 2024 Paris Olympics, the marvel rises about 200 feet into the sky every night, tethered to the ground.\u00a0 What\u00a0looks\u00a0<\/em>like a ring of fire is lifted by a balloon that looks like a hot air balloon.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the \u201cring of fire\u201d isn\u2019t actually burning.  It is an illusion made up of clouds of mist and beams of light.  Isn\u2019t it amazing that the first hot air balloon carrying a human flew in Paris on November 21, 1783 — the same place the Olympic ring of fire is today?   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These rings of fire \u2013 in song, in the sky, in love, and in the Olympics \u2013 each tell a story of passion and promise. But there\u2019s another ring that outshines them all. \u00a0It\u2019s not an illusion, not bound by time or tethered to the ground. It\u2019s eternal, unmatchable, and freely given by the love of our Heavenly Father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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God\u2019s love is a ring that encircles us with hope, peace, and joy. His promises are as endless as the stars and as steadfast as the sunrise. In a world filled with fleeting moments and temporary wonders, His love stands unshakable. It\u2019s a promise of forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I marvel at these earthbound rings of fire, but not as much as we remember the greatest ring of all \u2013 God\u2019s unfailing, never-ending love. It\u2019s a love that lifts us higher, shines brighter, and holds us closer than any other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s set our sights on His eternal promise and let our hearts be stirred by the unmatchable light of His grace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Lord\u2019s love never ends; His mercies never end. They are new every morning. Great is Your faithfulness.\u201d  Lamentations 3:22-23<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I sit here humming Johnny Cash\u2019s \u201cRing of Fire,\u201d I can\u2019t help but think about the many rings of fire that touch our lives. Johnny sang of a love so fierce it felt like flames. Couples wear rings that symbolize their promises to forever love each other through all of life\u2019s seasons. A few…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[30310,30312,1210,1769,30313,30314,1392,2622,2309,91,30315,323,2096,6073,40,3298,1004,30308,30316,8186,203,17023,29428,30309,5074,30311],"class_list":["post-20530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-2024-paris-summer-olympics","tag-balloon","tag-blog","tag-christian","tag-eternal-love","tag-eternal-promise","tag-facebook","tag-faithfulness","tag-forever-love","tag-gods-love","tag-gods-love-never-ends","tag-grace","tag-hot-air-balloon","tag-illusion","tag-inspiration","tag-johnny-cash","tag-lamentations-322-23","tag-love-like-flames","tag-mercies-never-end","tag-new-every-morning","tag-passion","tag-promise","tag-ring-of-fire","tag-rings","tag-solar-eclipse","tag-tethered"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20530"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20535,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20530\/revisions\/20535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}