“So live as people of light!
For this light within you produces only what is good and right and true.”
Ephesians 5:8-9
The Light always wins. When we allow Him to do what He does.
The Light will erase the
shadows that haunt us.
The Light will shine truth into
the places where lies hide, exposing them, shattering their strongholds.
The Light will overcome the children of hate:
ignorance, suspicion and prejudice.
The Light will brighten our
hearts so we may forgive: a letting go of the need for vengeance or revenge.
The Light will place gratitude
deep in our soul, our greatest weapon against the things that are bad and wrong
and full of lies.
When we feel alone, the Light
is our companion.
When we feel abandoned, the
Light embraces us.
When we feel unloved, the ever
present Light wraps us in tender care.
When we reach the end of
ourselves, something we do time and again because of our silly, human need to
control, to fix, to atone, He is willing to start at the beginning once more.
The Light is a patient
companion.
He is Holy and unalterable.
I had typed in, “Karma is not
of Him” beneath the first stanza of this writing. It didn’t fit there. It fits
here. Karma is the antitheses of the Light. It is about payback, about seeing
someone suffer for their sins. It’s
about believing we have to suffer because of our own! That’s not
to say there aren’t any consequences for our choices. There are except karma leaves no
room for grace to move in and rectify or redeem the consequences.
I am thankful I don’t believe
in karma.
The Light, the Holy Spirit of
God, always wins. When we allow Him to do what He does.
A willing heart is the first
step.
This morning, as I sit and watch
more snow fall, I am thankful for the beautiful view and the way the snow changes from minute to minute. I am thankful the sorrows of the last several weeks have finally vacated the premises because truth has moved in.
I, we, you and me, are a
blessing no matter our stories or perhaps because of them.
This is the truth I realized yesterday. Yesterday, God kept pouring His truth into my heart. It is overflowing, washing away the last haunting vestiges of dark memories. Truth is drowning a stronghold once held by the lie, the common thread relived through the flashbacks and even the teachings about marriage. It is the belief that "I have no value."
This is the truth I realized yesterday. Yesterday, God kept pouring His truth into my heart. It is overflowing, washing away the last haunting vestiges of dark memories. Truth is drowning a stronghold once held by the lie, the common thread relived through the flashbacks and even the teachings about marriage. It is the belief that "I have no value."
It is gone. I pray, Lord, forever.
With all my heart and all my soul I thank You, Jesus, for what You
did on the cross.
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