March 2, 2009

"You are the light of the world...Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men..." Matthew 5:14-16

There is a lighthouse on Oak Island that has the brightest light of any lighthouse on the NC coast. It can be seen from 20 miles out at sea. Three flashes spaced one second apart every ten seconds. I know because for years I have laid in bed at the North Carolina Baptist Assembly at Caswell Beach and counted them as I drifted off to sleep. When it was built there was no electricity. The only light they had was a small lantern that the keeper would carry to the top of the lighthouse every night and place in the middle of three rows of thick prisms. The light from the lantern wasn't terribly bright, but after it was magnified three times, it was very bright. Sometimes our light may be very minor and not very bright. But God has the ability to magnify those efforts and with His added blessings your light shines in the darkness, guiding others to safety. It is amazing what good can come from our feeble efforts when we allow our light to shine through the prism of Gods love. God has been speaking to some of you to serve Him. Maybe you've been reluctant and a little self conscious to trust Him. GO AHEAD! Trust God and just watch Him magnify your service beyond anything that you have ever imagined!

Thought for the week: Mankind has a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it.
-- Samuel Johnson, quoted in Boswell's Life of Johnson

Funny for the week: "Reading Glasses"

I took my 5 year old grandson to the optometrist to pick up his new glasses. The glasses were prescribed "to help him read and be able to see the computer better".

When we got back home, he got on the computer to play a game. In a few minutes he called me and said there was something wrong with his glasses.

I asked him what was the problem and he said, "I still can't read."

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"Contest"

There once was a sweepstakes that offered a shopping center as first prize.

The Supreme Court, however, ruled the contest illegal, since everyone knows you can't win a mall.

Nope, you sure can’t win em all……………………..Chaplain Barnes

Last week’s answer: Finish the following: "In all thy ways acknowledge him…" "and He shall direct thy paths."

This week’s question: What musical instrument did David play?