We’re now ten days away from the celebration of Jesus’ birth. Many of us have probably decorated our homes and have begun the preparation for the big day. Maybe you’ve put a light in your window in honor of those who are far away…a beacon to help them find their way home. Perhaps you have bright lights on your tree to represent Christ as the light of the world. We have lit candles on the Advent wreath also representing the light of Christ entering this world. With these thoughts in mind, I share this story…
Long ago an innkeeper high in the mountains put a light in the tower-window of his inn. Night after night the lamp spread its light. The innkeeper died, but in his will he had set aside a big sum of money for the lamp. Oil was to be bought with the money so the lamp could continue to light the darkness.
Can you guess why the light was there? It was for the hikers who in the dark of night had lost their way in the mountains. When such a lost person saw the light, he or she knew, “Now I am safe.”
When I was in college, I was a sister of Kappa Phi, a Christian Women’s sorority. In our opening pledge we would promise to be lights in the darkness. Each of us is called to be lights in this world. We are called to shine in a world where people hate and fight with each other. To make our light shine, we have to fill ourselves up with God’s word and God’s grace so that all can see the light which comes through us from Jesus.
Lights in the Darkness…O Lord help us be.
Rev. Carol McKay
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