What a month we have had… I am learning from Mary’s example and through that persistent still quiet voice that I have tended to follow Martha. I am learning to sit and just meditate on the Lord, just to and watch and be encouraged by His love, by His absolute faithful, by the splendour of His creation.
The Bible says to proclaim his love in the morning and his faithfulness at night…. and that all of Creation witnesses to our Creator.
Tonight I see something new in the beautiful twinkling lights of the fireflies dancing in my backyard at dusk. Those who are shining where there is still a lot of light are hard to see… And those that are shining in the darkest parts of our little wood are like little beacons, like tiny stars blinking in my own yard.
The darker the world is, the brighter the light of Christ within us looks, the more intense the contrast becomes. The disadvantage, the more we stand out, the easier a target we become for our enemies… the bigger advantage, especially in that the Lord has promised to protect us and keep us, is that it is the very reason a firefly shines so is to attract the ones it is meant to attract.
Matthew 5:13-16
New Living Translation (NLT)
Teaching about Salt and Light
13 “You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless.
14 “You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. 15 No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father.”
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