He could feel the damp moisture in the late night
London fog each time a gust of wind blew over him. Blind and
alone he was feeling his way down a deserted street with a white
cane in one hand and a lantern in the other.
Eventually a stranger approached him walking in the
opposite direction. Amused, and in a sarcastic voice he said,
“Why are you, a blind man, carrying a lantern?”
“Oh, sir,” replied the blind man, “I’m not
carrying it for myself. It’s for others. I want to help them so
they won’t stumble over me.”
Often we think only of ourselves: our problems and
our pains, our difficulties and our diseases, our hard times and
horrible tasks.
It is the duty of the Christian to think of everyone
and everything that may cause problems for ourselves and others
as well. We are responsible to hold up a light in the darkness of
this world for others who are seeking their way through life.
And not only to light a pathway for them in times of
life’s darkest moments, but to help them find the “Light of
the World” – Jesus – who is “the Way, the Truth and the
Life!”
God’s Word is clear and unconditional when it
states, “Each one of us will give an account of himself to
God.” We must hold high the Light!
Prayer: Father, even though we
are kind and gracious when we help others through times of
darkness, it does not relieve us of our responsibility to present
the Light. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
Scripture for Today: 1 John 1:5
This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to
you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.
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