In the LIGHT

Prince Island on the Coosa River,
November 2013

"Jesus said, 'I am the LIGHT of the world. If you follow Me, you won't have to walk in darkness, because you follow the LIGHT that leads to LIFE!" (John 8:12)


        Yesterday, Prince Island across the river from our farm looked rather drab until the LIGHT of the afternoon sun set ablaze the harvest gold and pumpkin orange leaves of autumn.

        In Paul's defense before King Agrippa and Bernice in Acts 26, he declared that he was guilty of nothing except testifying of what the prophets and Moses said would happen - that Jesus Christ, the Messiah, would suffer and, by reason of His resurrection, proclaim LIGHT to both the Jewish people and the Gentiles.
       Years prior on the road to Damascus, Jesus Himself had commissioned Paul to go to lost people everywhere and open their eyes so they would turn from darkness to the LIGHT, from the dominion of Satan to God through faith in Jesus Christ. Even when chained and imprisoned, Paul never retreated from spreading the LIGHT of the gospel.

       O Christian, never forget that today you are God's LIGHT in this dark world. Therefore, let your LIGHT so shine before others that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in heaven (Matt. 5:16)!

(A special thanks on this Veterans Day to our valiant warriors who served and continue to serve our country so that we will have the freedom to serve God and share the LIGHT of  the gospel - eternal life through faith in JESUS, the LIGHT OF THE WORLD!)

My Dan, 2009