I woke up on Saturday morning, a little more tired than usual. But It's okay. The family is home this morning so we can all have our Saturday morning breakfast together. I got up, went to pray and then I hear the rain the outside my window. Love to hear the rain! Well, after and hour of our usual Saturday morning stuff, all of a sudden it starts to pour! Like crazy hail rain with loud thunder and lighting! It was awesome! My mom didn't like it much, she kinda got a little scarred. So then, our power went out for like a couple of seconds then they came back on! "what a relief"! My mom says, "I hope we don't lose our lights again"! I kinda had that feeling that we were going to lose our power because it was coming down again! And sure enough the lights when out...again! But this time for like the entire day! It wasn't to bad for me, because I had to work later on that evening and I didn't come home till after 11 that night. So, I got to thinking before I was saved. I was so in the dark all the time. I didn't realize how my actions or my way of life was affecting not just me but my family. I mean, I wasn't never really into the drinking and doing drugs thing, but I just didn't care much about this family that God has blessed me with. I never wanted to spend time at home, or I just wanted to do my thing and simply be selfish. When God came into my heart and life, He open my eyes, He took me out of the dark and into the Light. In Matthew 5:13-15 Jesus' followers are described as the "light of the world." Just as it would be pointless to turn on a light and then cover it up, it would be foolish if we accepted Christ and then made no effort to do his work in the world. Christians are to spread the light of truth on the world around them. This is amazing!! Also, in John's account of the Gospel, Jesus tells us that He is the light of the world. He tells us that if we follow him we will never walk in the darkness, but will always have the light of life. (John 8:12) And Christians are to be "salt and light" to the world. Both salt and light stand out from their environment, and improve the world around them for others. When I got home from work later that night, my entire house and neighborhood were completely in the dark! It was kinda scary walking from my car to my front porch last night. My mom had left one of those camping lanterns by our hallway for me when I got inside that Light was shinning so bright that I felt very much at peace. Before I went to sleep, I read my Bible with little light, I was just praying and thanking God for getting me out of the darkness and for opening my eyes to His Love, His Truth. Then I kid you not...our lights came back on!! It was so cool! Since, they went off @ like 12 in the afternoon we had all the lights on and tvs all turned on! It was like if God said in Genesis 1:3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. AMEN to that!!
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