“As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” John 9:5
God gave me this thing, and then it sat in my shed for the past 8 years because it didn't fit anything inside the house. Saturday, I sold this thing in a yard sale, and when the buyer did not pick it up, it sat outside. On Sunday, this thing suffered a couple of indignities from passing birds, and then a cat came by and marked its territory on it in the usual way. Later, the sun blazed down upon the thing all day, followed by not one but two rain showers and the usual drying out process both times. Sheltered no more, this thing has had a tough first couple of days out in the world. As each one comes to believe in Jesus, he or she will get the same treatment from the world.
As long as we have the light of the world to look to, and His light in us to strengthen and restore us, we too can take what the world will throw at us. It might be messy, certainly uncomfortable, and often no fun at all, but we can keep going through our Lord Jesus Christ. And, when His time has come, we will be picked up and taken away to be home with our Lord forever!
Amen. Come Lord Jesus! Bucky
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