Shine! Shine! Shine!

How do you like your toast? Soft or crunchy? Light or dark? Me, I like my toast dark and crunchy! Good thing because that’s usually how it is when I forget to set the timer on the oven!

God’s Word says we are We are children of Light! “For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness.” (1 Thessalonians 5:5). Aren’t you glad to know that! I don’t even like dreary gray days; I need the sunshine! This month the world celebrates [what should be] the Believer’s least favorite holiday. Everywhere we turn, we’re face-to-face with ghouls, goblins, witches, and spiders! Millions of dollars will be spent on the godless occasion. I’m so grateful God’s Word instructs and encourages Believers, “Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?” (1 Corinthians 6:14). There’s light again, and what a wonderful call for obedience to Christ – to be His Light in this frightening landscape. Many years ago, I sat on that Galilean hillside where Jesus once spoke, “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.” (Matthew 5:14). We are to let His light shine through us on the dreariest of days to the darkness of holidays! Christian friend, “Arise and shine … “for The Light has come.” (Isaiah 60:1). Shine! Shine! Shine!