| | LAST WEEK THE FURY OF THE TERRIBLE STORM ERNESTO KNOCKED OUT OUR POWER FOR A FEW HOURS. I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED 10 MPH WINDS LIKE THAT BEFORE. I WILL ADMIT THAT THE LACK OF POWER WAS KIND OF NICE FOR A WHILE. NATALIE, EMMA, AND I WERE SITTING THERE IN OUR HOUSE JUST TALKING BY CANDLELIGHT AND ENJOYING THE PEACE AND QUIET YOU RARELY FIND IN OUR BUSY WORLD. IT WAS PEACEFUL AND QUIET THAT IS FOR A SHORT WHILE UNTIL I HEARD A TERRIBLE SHREAK COME FROM MY WIFE. AT THAT MOMENT NATALIE JUMPED ON MY BACK, STARTED PULLING MY HAIR, AND CONTINUED TO SCREAM BLOODY MURDER IN MY EAR. SO, I QUICKLY RAN TO RETRIEVE MY BOW-STAFF FROM THE CLOSET TO DEFEND HER LIKE ANY GRAND MASTER NINJA WOULD. BUT, AS I WAS RUNNING, I FINALLY REALIZED WHAT CAUSED NATALIE'S REACTION. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT....A DEADLY COCHROACH THE SIZE OF A VERY SMALL FINGERNAIL HAD CREPT UP BESIDE HER AND WAS ABOUT TO EAT HER ALIVE. LUCKILY SHE GOT AWAY IN TIME. IF YOU HAVEN'T REALIZED ALREADY, NATALIE HAS A SMALL FEAR OF BUGS THAT CAUSES HER TO OVER-REACT A BIT. THE STRANGE THING WAS THAT SHE EVEN ALLOWED IT TO GET THAT CLOSE TO HER. USUALLY, SHE SPOTS THESE THINGS ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE ROOM AND HAS A SLIGHTLY MORE MILD REACTION. IT THEN HIT ME......THIS ONE GOT SO CLOSE BECAUSE WE WERE IN THE DARK!
I HEARD RECENTLY ABOUT ONE OF MY OLD FRIENDS WHO HAS FALLEN AWAY FROM THE LORD. I WONDERED HOW SOMEONE WHO USED TO FOLLOW HARD AFTER GOD HAD FALLEN INTO SIN HE NEVER WOULD'VE DREAMED OF COMMITTING. MAYBE YOU KNOW SOMEONE LIKE THIS......OR, MAYBE THIS IS HAPPENING TO YOU RIGHT NOW. YOU WONDER HOW IN THE WORLD SOMEONE CAN GIVE INTO SOMETHING THAT ONCE DISGUSTED THEM. THE ANSWER IS THIS: IF YOU SURROUND YOURSELF WITH DARKNESS, SIN IS NOT AS OBVIOUS AS IT WAS WHEN YOU WERE IN THE LIGHT. THE APOSTLE JOHN CHALLENGES US TO "WALK IN THE LIGHT AS HE (GOD) IS IN THE LIGHT". WE'RE TO PURSUE TRUTH AND RIGHTEOUSNESS AND NOT LET SIN AND DARKNESS INFILTRATE OUR MINDS. WE MUST CONTINUALLY ASK GOD TO TAKE THOSE INFLUENCES AWAY FROM OUR LIVES SO THAT WE CAN SPOT SIN AND STAY FAR FROM IT. THE MORE DARKNESS WE'RE EXPOSED TO....THE MORE DESENSITIZED WE'LL BECOME TO IT. SO, CLING TO TRUTH, WALK IN THE LIGHT OF IT, AND BE VERY AFRAID OF THE DARK!
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| | Posted 9/11/2006 12:27 PM - 6 comments
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