It has been sometime now since I have made an entry on this site. I am afraid that Hurricane Ike got in the way. In the Gulf Coast area many of us are still without power. In the evenings, we sit in the darkness and under order of curfew. That’s why today’s reading from the Gospel according to John was such a blessing. John writes:
Then Jesus cried aloud: “Whoever believes in me believes not in me but in him who sent me. And whoever sees me sees him who sent me. I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in the darkness. I do not judge anyone who hears my words and does not keep them, for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. The one who rejects me and does not receive my word has a judge; on the last day the word that I have spoken will serve as judge, for I have not spoken on my own, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment about what to say and what to speak. And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I speak, therefore, I speak just as the Father has told me.”
“I have come as light into the world.” Even in the midst of the darkness imposed by Hurricane Ike, Jesus is indeed our light who brightens the darkness. We see the light of Christ working in this area. There has been an outpouring of neighbors helping neighbors. People who have electricity are offering their washing machines to those who have not yet had the power restored. People we have neglected to meet previously have now come together in friendship. In my sister’s neighborhood, they had a good old fashioned block party. On the radio I have heard accounts of people reading their Bibles using flashlights.
Then Jesus cried aloud: “Whoever believes in me believes not in me but in him who sent me. And whoever sees me sees him who sent me. I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in the darkness. I do not judge anyone who hears my words and does not keep them, for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. The one who rejects me and does not receive my word has a judge; on the last day the word that I have spoken will serve as judge, for I have not spoken on my own, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment about what to say and what to speak. And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I speak, therefore, I speak just as the Father has told me.”
“I have come as light into the world.” Even in the midst of the darkness imposed by Hurricane Ike, Jesus is indeed our light who brightens the darkness. We see the light of Christ working in this area. There has been an outpouring of neighbors helping neighbors. People who have electricity are offering their washing machines to those who have not yet had the power restored. People we have neglected to meet previously have now come together in friendship. In my sister’s neighborhood, they had a good old fashioned block party. On the radio I have heard accounts of people reading their Bibles using flashlights.
Jesus is indeed the light of the world, and all those who believe in him are not in darkness.
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Pretty words, but do you believe them? Are you a light to the world? Would your co-workers say you are? Would your employees? It is easy to write like a believer, but do you act like one?
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