"You are all children of the light and children of the day.
2012
This started out with a very special gift from Karen, Hallelujah Anyhow
for October of 2011, she sent me in MN
for October of 2011, she sent me in MN
"Passages of Light"
Selected Scriptures with Reflections by
Thomas Kinkade
But first in December, I started out with gazing
and it became
John 8:12 "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
Yes, Jesus is the LIGHT of the world...and I'm so thankful for His Light as HE continues to shine Truth in my world and for exposing the darkness and revealing more Truth each day... I give thanks for when I walk in darkness, His LIGHT redirected me. I so desire to have the LIGHT of life reflect as I follow.
NOTICE the VERSE is 12... for 2012... so then I go and look at John 20:12... and it's the Empty Tomb and Mary with His angels
Then reading Matthew 5: 12 verse 12 says "REJOICE..." (where I was last year with JOY) then speaks of SALT followed by...
Matthew 5:14-16 "You are the light of the world... let your light shine before men..."
So I picked up two beautiful devotionals, the above one, I'll be using with SOS... and here is my dedication along with this well known author...
"To Jesus,
the Light of the world,
who called me out
of darkness
into His marvelous Light—
that I may proclaim
His excellencies!
~ Sarah Young ~
*Dear Jesus:
Seeking His Light in Your Life
Not only am I seeking HIS LIGHT in my life but I am seeking to SHINE HIS LIGHT as I once did... I want to glow and grow from the "Star of Bethlehem" to reflecting the "Bright Morning Star".
I want to emerge, as Sarah has written in her introduction, from
"my personal struggles" to "seeking a growing intimacy with Jesus Christ" more powerfully in my own life and reflected to those around me.
| "I, the Lover of your soul, understand you perfectly and love you eternally." |
| Dear Jesus, I’m thankful it is my soul You love, rather than my appearance or performance. So often. I’m dissatisfied with both of these, especially when I make them my focus. I’m grateful for Your perfect understanding, since I sometimes feel misunderstood or simply overlooked. Help me experience more fully Your compassionate, unfailing Love. Dear Jesus: Seeking His Light in Your Life by Sarah Young |
| Beloved, relax in My loving Presence. Let the Light of My Love soak into your entire being. Rest deeply while I massage your thoughts and feelings, helping you change your focus from yourself to Me. Cease striving and know that I am God. I created you to know Me: to enjoy Me and center your life in Me. The world abounds with idols—things you turn to when you want to feel better about yourself eating, entertainment, exercise, mastery of something or someone. However, none of these things can slake the thirst of your soul. which yearns for Me alone. Idolatrous substitutes may suppress your appetite for Me. mainly by distracting you, but they provide no satisfaction. When you get that gnawing sensation around the edges of your soul. return to Me. Your soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods. Isaiah 54:10; Psalm 46:10; Psalm 63:1-2, Psalm 63:3-5 Young, Sarah. Dear Jesus: Seeking His Light in Your Life |
Charlie Hall
LIGHT OF THE WORD
HOPE TO BE ADDING MORE "LIGHT" HERE ALL YEAR long...
AMEN! Beautiful, Peggy!
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