Did You See The Great Light?

Meditate as you walk.

The people who walk in darkness will see a great light. For those who live in a land of deep darkness, a light will shine. Isaiah 9:2

Do you see a bright light? When I think of a bright light, I remember hearing stories of people who have had a trip to heaven—and returned to life. They experienced a bright light at the end of the tunnel. Those people may not have been walking in darkness, but they just had a near death or death experience and as they were dying they saw a bright light. That was definitely a bright light shining for them.

 This passage in Isaiah predicted the Messiah coming to the land of Israel. The darkness, the shadow of death in which the Israelites were living, was life without the Messiah. The Messiah, Jesus Christ, brought them light, knowledge, and hope due to that light, just as Isaiah predicted. Jesus is the light of the world. His message of love and hope brought light when He first came to Israel, and now continues even today throughout the world. Hope to those living in darkness.   

Nevertheless, that time of darkness and despair will not go on forever. The land of Zebulun and Naphtali will be humbled, but there will be a time in the future when Galilee of the Gentiles, which lies along the road that runs between the Jordan and the sea, will be filled with glory.  The people who walk in darkness will see a great light. For those who live in a land of deep darkness, a light will shine. You will enlarge the nation of Israel, and its people will rejoice. They will rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest and like warriors dividing the plunder. Isaiah 9:1-3

Will you rejoice as you see the light and develop a relationship with Jesus the Messiah?

Prayer ~ Dear Jesus, we see the great light that You shine for us. The light of truth, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, self-control, joy, peace and above all, love. Thank you for the hope You provide for us.

Verse of Salvation ~ And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering. We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children, including the new bodies he has promised us. We were given this hope when we were saved. (If we already have something, we don't need to hope for it. But if we look forward to something we don't yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently.) Romans 8:23-25

Friday’s Feast at the King’s Table

There are recipes for food and then there are recipes for other things, like this one that a friend gave me a couple years ago to combat weeds. 

Weed Killer

1 gallon vinegar

2 cups Epson salts

¼ cup Dawn dish soap (the original blue)

Mix it up and use in a spray bottle. It will kill anything you spray it on in the morning after the dew has evaporated. Go back after dinner and the weeds will be gone.

For a smaller amount mix:

3 cups vinegar

3 oz Epson salts

0.375 oz Dawn

Weeds were a problem for Adam and Eve after the fall, and weeds continue to be a problem. Here’s something that will be cheaper and safer than Round-up. Obviously, don’t eat or drink this.

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