I have an above ground pool in our backyard that has seen many summers. It takes work now to keep it going but I love being able to just jump in my own little pool when it gets hot in the summer. I had to get a new filter, and I have been doing some cleaning up of the pool, getting it ready for the heat. I was busy yesterday, but I decided to take a break last night and go out and vacuum the pool. Everybody had gone to bed, but I have this great headlamp and so out I went. The area around the new filter is wet from my work on it and I picked up something and all of a sudden…the ground began to move! Well not really, but I saw a whole group of pretty healthy-looking cockroaches out in the dirt. They weren’t doing anything until the light of my headlamp hit them and that got the party started. They went in all different directions. I have no idea what the plan was or where they ended up out there. But one thing I was sure of was that they didn’t like that light! Right away I thought “They didn’t like the light…actually they seemed to hate the light” …and remembered that Jesus talked about this. He said that God’s light had come into the world, but people loved darkness more than the light. And the reason was that their actions were evil. He said that all who do evil will hate the light because they fear their sins will be exposed. But those who are following God…well, they purposely come to the light so their deeds can be seen by all around them. I loved that light out in the backyard, because I could do what needed to be done. The cockroaches…well, they wanted nothing to do with that light that I was bringing out. So, the Bible tells us that we are either those who love the light…to let all that is out there be seen. Or we are the ones who scurry away from that light and hate it because it will show us who we really are. God calls us to love the light, not the darkness. God is light, he brings light, and he calls us to live in the light. The light is good…but the darkness…well, that’s where the cockroaches live. Don’t go there! Here’s our Bible verse for today…
John 3:19-21 NLT And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil. (20) All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed. (21) But those who do what is right come to the light so others can see that they are doing what God wants.”
Remember I’m praying for you!
With love, PJ
John 3:19-21 NLT And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil. (20) All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed. (21) But those who do what is right come to the light so others can see that they are doing what God wants.”
Remember I’m praying for you!
With love, PJ