The Story Behind The Name

Friends,

I think it's time I explain "Ember Eyes."

A friend of mine once looked into my eyes during a passionate conversation, took on an expression of shock, and then slowly smiled.

"You know, you've got eyes like embers," she explained to me.

I promptly replied with a shocked expression of my own.

"Like embers? What do you mean?"

"Yes, embers. Your eyes have a smoldering, burning passion in them when you talk about things that you care deeply about, things that you love. Your eyes just light up and it's such an intense feeling to look inside of them. I think it's a reflection of your heart."

I smiled back at her and thanked her, and we continued our conversation, but that remark really got me thinking.

Over the next week or so I thought about it. I've always felt like there was a fire in me, burning beneath the surface, only surfacing every once in awhile when stirred up. The more I thought about it, the more I realized it was a desire of mine. I wanted to have a strong, steady fire in my heart, passionate for the Lord. I began to pray for more of this in my life, even more than I already felt. I wanted my love of God to be so great that you could always see it flaring up in my eyes when I talked about all things having to do with him, and when I targeted righteousness it would carry me through.

And that is how"Ember Eyes" was born, a desire destined to become a reality.