November 9, 2006

  • So I heard this morning on the radio…45 days until Christmas!?! How Exciting. Wow, it seems as if this semester has only just begun; however, pretty soon I will be packing my bags to go home for Christmas break…

     

    Times flies by like the speed of light. I somehow trick myself into believing I have all the time in the world, but that is not true. Time is limited on earth. It excites me yet discourages me at the same time. It excited me because I can look back and see the beautiful, undeserved blessings the Lord has bestowed upon me over these last lightning pace years. Consequently, I can look back also upon the many times I did not rejoice in the simple moments and use the precious opportunities the Lord thrust in my face. They were as flashing lighting, yet my human mind could not grasp the concept of what he was doing. We are shallow without Christ—not a mastermind conclusion from my part but imperative.

     

    Oh, to live each day to the fullest—to look to the right and the left and beam Christ in every glance of our smiles! This is the high calling of God. We are the lighthouses he has planted for the display of his splendor. Yes, we have read this—we are a city on a hill, which cannot be hidden…but just to think on this picture is indescribable. Earlier this week I was reading a poem by Poe called the “Haunted Palace.” This poem described a man descending into a state of insanity. Poe, ingenuously, crafted a poem where each stanza portrayed the image of the human body. He began with the hair, mind, eyes, and mouth. I cannot help but think that we are Living Palaces created to shine Jesus. We are not fated to spiral downward into an insane condition, but an enlightened existence; because we have experienced the face of Christ. We are enabled to eat the meat of his spiritual goodness, to soar on the heights of the horizon, and stand with the rushing wind upon our backs! I pray to seize every moment from now on. Impact cannot make a difference through self-interest. Humility must burnish forth from this broken life! May the crevices of imperfections light our souls to run into the fire screaming your name! As we daily thirst for water, I pray we thirst for your wisdom in the same way.

    Brilliant Lord…May we hold our candles high with surrendered hands!

     

    John 3:21:
    But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God.