Welcome back. All this rain we've been having has left us a nice, clear Sunday afternoon.
Recently, I was thinking about how some kids are afraid of the dark. In their defense, they aren't so much scared of darkness as they are scared of things hiding in the dark. Who knows what lurks in the shadows? There could be all kinds of evil things: clowns, monsters, unsweet tea, fractions homework, the list is endless and diabolical!
Enter the nightlight. It sheds light in the dark so we can be prepared to fight whatever evil might befall us. Fraction homework won't solve itself you know! As I always say: "It's better to die carrying a light than to die in the dark." I always say that. I really do.
You know something, we have a lot of battles in life, and most of those battles hide in dark places where we don't see them until it's too late. Fortunately, we have the Instructions on how we can overcome:
Galatians 5:16, 17
"This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would."
Yep, we got ourselves a war on our hands. Flesh against the Spirit, Spirit against the flesh, this could go on our whole life! Actually, it probably will. Someday, we'll have a glorified body with non-fighting flesh. But that's another subject for another Sunday.
In Psalm 119:110, it says "The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts." There's snares in the road, y'all. Just waiting to catch us. But you know why we don't have to be afraid of the snares? Psalm 119:105 says "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."
Aren't you glad we have God's word to be a light unto our path? We don't have to be afraid of what's hiding in the dark at all.
Well, maybe except for fraction homework. Why did that never come easily?!?!
Alright. I guess we'll go in for supper now. Happy Sunday!
As one of those who was (okay...still is...) afraid of the dark, or, the things in the dark, I think this was a great post! :D
ReplyDeleteAnd yes. Those fractions. Scary stuff... :P
Why thank you! And yes, I still have post traumatic fraction disorder from my days in school....
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