In the same way, let your light"); document.writeln("shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father"); document.writeln("in heaven.1
"); document.writeln("Do you remember that little song we learned"); document.writeln("as children, \'This little light of mine, I\'m gonna let it shine\"? I didn\'t"); document.writeln("quite understand the meaning of it as a child, but as I grew older, I began to"); document.writeln("understand just what it meant to let my light shine. I began to understand that"); document.writeln("if I have Jesus in my heart then His light is the one shining through me and"); document.writeln("not my own. The little song went on to say: \'Hide it under a bushel, NO! I\'m"); document.writeln("gonna let it shine\'. It meant that hiding Jesus\' light was not an option, I am"); document.writeln("meant to let his light shine!
"); document.writeln("I remember one October, many years ago,"); document.writeln("hearing a fellow Christian say: \'I hate Halloween because it is the devil\'s"); document.writeln("day. On that night, I turn off my porch light so that the kids can\'t see I\'m"); document.writeln("home!\' Every year, that comment rings in my ear, and every year I think, \'No,"); document.writeln("this is not the devil\'s day \'“ This is the day that the Lord has made!\" (Psalm"); document.writeln("118:24) The days are not the devil\'s because the Lord has given each one to"); document.writeln("us. The Lord called me to shine my light, so why then, on such a dark night,"); document.writeln("should my light be off? A lit porch light shows others that I am home, it is a"); document.writeln("welcome sight to those walking in the dark, just as my spiritual light is a"); document.writeln("welcome sight to those walking in spiritual darkness.
"); document.writeln("We have a special task to bring light to a"); document.writeln("dark world, where Jesus is not represented in every way. What an opportunity we"); document.writeln("have, especially on a night like Halloween, to make sure our light is burning"); document.writeln("bright so that even the smallest child can see Jesus shining through us! Make a"); document.writeln("special effort this year to share that Light with someone. Maybe it is in the"); document.writeln("form of candy to a small child or a welcoming smile to a tired parent. Whatever"); document.writeln("it might be, give Jesus the opportunity to shine through YOU! Halloween is not"); document.writeln("the night to \'hide it under a bushel\', NO! Let it shine, Let it shine, Let it"); document.writeln("shine!
"); document.writeln("Suggested Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, we are called to be a"); document.writeln("light in the dark places of this world. Give me the courage to allow your Light"); document.writeln("to burn brightly through me, not just on Halloween, but on every night of the"); document.writeln("year. I want to let your light shine! In Jesus\' most Holy name, Amen.
"); document.writeln("Matthew 5:16.
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