Light of Life

Moonrise over the Coosa River:
God's light in the darkness

"The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it." (John 1:5) "This is the message we have heard from Him...that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all...walk in the Light, as He Himself is in the Light...and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin." (1 John 1:5-7)

       In the late 1990s, my mother lay in a hospital, sick with cancer. The doctor told us it was time to call hospice, but I understood the Lord to say, "I will open a window of time for her to feel better for a while; then the end will come quickly."
       Contrary to all the doctor could see, determine, or feel, Mother improved, returned home, worked in her flowers, and mowed her lawn until Jesus, our Beloved, took her to the gardens of heaven in 2003 - five and a half years later!

        In last night's First Wednesday message, my pastor taught, "Base your perspective on what God's Word says not on what you see or feel." God's Word is the true reality - the Light of reality in Jesus. Today, I pray that you will read the Holy Bible, heed the voice of God, and walk in the Light!

       "Then Jesus said, 'I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in darkness, but will have the Light of life!'" (John 8:12)