Oh Tannenbaum

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Is your Christmas tree up yet? I bet for the majority of us it is. Decorating a Christmas tree is such a time of sweet nostalgia. We decorated our tree with the help of our older grandchildren, hanging each ornament up with the story of where it came from. I almost cried when my granddaughter showed me a little gold teapot with sparkling crystals and said it was her favorite one. I gave that to my tea-loving mother decades ago and inherited it back when she died. To see a fourth generation daughter appreciate it blessed me so much, and we had a long talk about her great-grandmother and what a wonderful woman she was.

Have you ever wondered about the history of the Christmas tree and what it symbolizes? Take a look at the first sentence of today’s lectionary passage from Isaiah.

Isaiah 11 (Common English Bible)

A shoot will grow up from the stump of Jesse;
    a branch will sprout from his roots.

Isaiah prophesies that a branch from Jesse’s roots will shoot up and receive the Lord’s spirit. Jesse was David’s father’s and of course Jesus was born of David’s lineage. So even back to the Old Testament we see Jesus’ birth associated with trees. We’ve been celebrating Christmas with trees for centuries.

I did some research and discovered that Christmas is a holiday especially suited to trees. Earl W. Count wrote a book called 4000 Years of Christmas (New York: Henry Schuman, 1948). Count reveals that using evergreens at Christmas was a medieval practice from Northern Europe. The green boughs served as devil-proof shields against all the evil forces of the universe, because evergreens refuse to die and never give up their green for the winter.

You probably didn’t realize that your humble Christmas tree is a devil-proof shield, did you? Unless you have a cat, in which case the devil-proofing function is null and void.

Count wrote: “Winter kills most of summer’s train but the greens remain steadfast. Where the greens are, it is not winter. They are the enemies of winter’s white death” (64-66).

According to our United Methodist Website, evergreens are understood as a symbol of the eternal coming to dwell among us as Word made flesh. They are a sign of life and growth overcoming and flourishing in the midst of the dead of winter, and also of the resurrection of Christ.  The symbolism of evergreens points to the unending life of the age to come when Christ returns, the dead are raised, and the righteous enter life in the new creation.

Isaiah goes on to describe the attributes of the impending messiah:

2 The Lord’s spirit will rest upon him,
    a spirit of wisdom and understanding,
    a spirit of planning and strength,
    a spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord.
3 He will delight in fearing the Lord.
He won’t judge by appearances,
    nor decide by hearsay.
4 He will judge the needy with righteousness,
    and decide with equity for those who suffer in the land.
He will strike the violent with the rod of his mouth;
    by the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.
5 Righteousness will be the belt around his hips,
    and faithfulness the belt around his waist.

When you admire your own Christmas tree over the next few weeks, ponder these things. We are called to be like Jesus: wise and understanding, strong in our faith, non-judgmental, impervious to gossip, and generous to the needy. We are the lovely branches of Christ. How can you live that out today?

10 On that day, the root of Jesse will stand as a signal to the peoples. The nations will seek him out, and his dwelling will be glorious.

May we stand as a signal to the people as well.

How Lovely Are Thy Branches

Self-Inflicted

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Another sleepless night. The 4:00 wakeup call came with blaring regularity, calling me to prayer. This time I couldn’t fall back asleep and so I did what one does: After praying though the immediate issue on my mind, which involves an intercessory petition for a loved one, I began reviewing my life and all of the mistakes, missteps, missed opportunities, misdirected energies, and other untold miseries that I brought upon myself over the years. Replaying my “sin reel” seems to be a favorite middle of the night pastime for me. Do you ever do this?

The irony of this is that I know better. I know that my redeemer lives. I know that my savior has forgiven me. I know I have done due diligence in repentance and remorse and have received the blessing of having those sins washed away forever. So why do they continue to live in my mind?

It is some type of self-inflicted punishment, as it surely does not come from the Lord who forgives and forgets.

Somewhere around 5:45, I had an epiphany. If we believe God’s word to be holy and true, then we have to accept that our sins truly are cast as far away as the east is from the west. They do not exist in the mind of the Lord anymore.

Psalm 103 (Common English Bible)

Let my whole being bless the Lord!
    Let everything inside me bless his holy name!
2 Let my whole being bless the Lord
    and never forget all his good deeds:
3     how God forgives all your sins,
    heals all your sickness,
4     saves your life from the pit,
    crowns you with faithful love and compassion,
5     and satisfies you with plenty of good things
        so that your youth is made fresh like an eagle’s.

6 The Lord works righteousness;
    does justice for all who are oppressed.
7 God made his ways known to Moses;
    made his deeds known to the Israelites.
8 The Lord is compassionate and merciful,
    very patient, and full of faithful love.
9 God won’t always play the judge;
    he won’t be angry forever.
10 He doesn’t deal with us according to our sin
    or repay us according to our wrongdoing,
11     because as high as heaven is above the earth,
    that’s how large God’s faithful love is for those who honor him.

12 As far as east is from west—
    that’s how far God has removed our sin from us.

Do you know who benefits from our imprisonment to our sins? Satan. He revels in reminding us through images and whispers that we once strayed from God and should feel tainted and unworthy. But that, my friends, is his feeble attempt to undo the glory and power of what happened at the cross, and we should never, ever, buy into his lie. Get thee behind me, Satan!

In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven. In the name of Jesus Christ, I am forgiven.

Thanks be to God.

Midnight Moon by Michelle Robertson

Weird Uncle John

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Today we continue to celebrate the first week of Advent. Advent is our four-week season of preparation for the nativity of Emmanuel, God-with-us. The first week is always spent talking about the prophecies that foretold Jesus’ coming, and today’s passage is one of those prophecies that leads us straight to Jesus. We begin with a word of warning from John the Baptizer:

Luke 7 (New Revised Standard Version)

7 John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bear fruits worthy of repentance. 

John’s startling appearance at the beginning of Advent always reminds me of someone’s weird Uncle John who shows up 4 days late for Thanksgiving and disrupts the tryptophan-induced coma that the family has been comfortably enjoying. He looks strange, he dresses oddly, and he eats some weird kind of keto-paleo-whole 30-vegan diet that only consists of locusts and honey. He barges in with a loud message of repentance and warns about the judgment that is coming. He interrupts the football games and calls the family a brood of vipers … basically killing the mood as you’re trying to get ready for Christmas.

John is a total buzz kill. John’s message was hard to hear then, and it is hard to hear today. What does he mean by bearing fruits that are worthy of repentance?

10 And the crowds asked him, “What then should we do?” 11 In reply he said to them, “Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none; and whoever has food must do likewise.” 12 Even tax collectors came to be baptized, and they asked him, “Teacher, what should we do?” 13 He said to them, “Collect no more than the amount prescribed for you.” 14 Soldiers also asked him, “And we, what should we do?” He said to them, “Do not extort money from anyone by threats or false accusation, and be satisfied with your wages.”

Did you get that?

Share your resources with people in need.

Practice integrity in your work.

Treat people fairly.

Don’t cheat anyone.

Only speak the truth.

Be content with what you have.

Repent and return to God with your whole heart.

John’s “Getting Ready for Christmas List” was long, complicated, and had nothing to do with decorating, shopping, buying, and waiting for Amazon deliveries. Getting ready for Christmas really involves getting our hearts and minds ready to worship the Christ child in the manger, and bowing down our expectations, disappointments, hopes, ambitions, frustrations, and every other part of our selves before his throne.

How are you getting ready this Christmas? May we heed John’s words and share what we have while we adopt a life of Christ-like integrity. This is the best way to prepare for the birth of the baby king.

Are you in?

Be a Do-Gooder

Woke

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We have finally landed in Advent, the season of preparation for the birth of our Lord. Preachers all said the same thing yesterday on the first Sunday of Advent: “As you are preparing your homes, presents, baking chores, and social events, be sure to be preparing your hearts and souls this season.” I bet if we took a survey of those of you who went to church yesterday, you heard something similar. I preached on Isaiah and still ended up saying the same thing. People get ready! Jesus is comin’.

Today’s lectionary Scripture offers a different approach to our beginning of Advent readiness plan. Paul focused on waking up from our sleep. What a marvelous twist! Have we, like Scrooge, been sleeping through the year? Is it time to wake up to the salvation that is impending with the birth of Christ? What does that mean?

Romans 13 (Common English Bible)

11 As you do all this, you know what time it is. The hour has already come for you to wake up from your sleep. Now our salvation is nearer than when we first had faith. 12 The night is almost over, and the day is near.

Paul goes on to explain what he wanted the church to do. We can co-opt this list as we blink our way into morning’s light and think about what Jesus really wants for Christmas this year. You see, people can do many “religious” things yet still be asleep toward God.

So let’s get rid of the actions that belong to the darkness and put on the weapons of light. 13 Let’s behave appropriately as people who live in the day, not in partying and getting drunk, not in sleeping around and obscene behavior, not in fighting and obsession. 

To be awake means to be active in casting off impure things in order to put on Christ. We are told to cast off drunkenness and inappropriate behavior. We are warned against desiring the “forbidden bed” and especially not to revel in and flaunt our sexual sins, acting as those who are without shame. We should cease our bickering and fighting and end our obsession with worldly things. Instead, Paul invites us to “dress ourselves in Christ.”

14 Instead, dress yourself with the Lord Jesus Christ, and don’t plan to indulge your selfish desires.

Did you hear that? Make a plan. Make a plan to be a shining example of a follower of Christ this Advent. Make a plan to set aside all selfishness and be generous toward others. Make a plan to be faithful in your behavior and gentle with your words.

Make a plan!

Walking in Light by Kathy Schumacher

Stuffed

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I’m guessing you’re probably stuffed today. I certainly am! Yesterday it was the turkey that was stuffed, today it’s us! Thanksgiving is a day to indulge and over-indulge with the nation’s approval and permission. As you sat down to feast, what was your favorite dish? I bet it was some form of bread. Crescent rolls, yeast rolls, cornbread stuffing, green bean casserole with breaded crispy onions on top, pumpkin pie in a lovely crust … bread is the star at many dining room tables at Thanksgiving. Move over, turkey!

Humankind has loved bread from the very beginning. The very first reference of bread in Scripture occurs in Genesis 3:19:

“By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread.”

Poor Adam and Eve had just been expelled from the garden and learned that the thing they sought, bread, would now require a lot of growing, reaping, threshing, tilling, grinding, kneading, and then baking over an open fire. Sin, indeed, has its consequences.

In our lectionary passage today, John records a time when Jesus’ many followers demanded more bread. They had either been present or had heard about his miraculous feeding of the 5,000 and demanded that he perform his bread miracle again:

John 6 (New Revised Standard Version UE)

25 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?” 26 Jesus answered them, “Very truly, I tell you, you are looking for me not because you saw signs but because you ate your fill of the loaves. 27 Do not work for the food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal.” 

This occurred in Capernaum at a Sabbath service. Perhaps it was this setting that spurred Jesus to refocus their attention away from material sustenance to spiritual matters. He wanted them to be more impressed by his spiritual food than last week’s bread. But they were dull and they were hungry and demanded a sign.

28 Then they said to him, “What must we do to perform the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” 30 So they said to him, “What sign are you going to give us, then, so that we may see it and believe you? What work are you performing?

One of the problems in demanding a particular sign is that we can miss what God is actually doing in our midst. When we pray very specifically for something, we aren’t open to other possibilities of how God is answering. I have been praying without ceasing for a loved one to get a very specific job offer. Finally I realized that I should be praying for God to reveal his way and his will in this matter. It may end up that this opportunity wasn’t quite right, but the contacts made during the interviews will lead to exactly what God had planned all along. So while we are encouraged to pray the concerns of our heart to a Father who wants to hear our deepest needs, we should also add, “Thy will be done” as a way of acknowledging that God knows best. In our Scripture, Jesus is saying exactly that: The father is offering something so much better than a slice of bread that perishes. He is offering eternal life.

31 Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ” 32 Then Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34 They said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.”

35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

I think the invitation is two-fold. We are invited to receive the true Bread of Life that is Jesus Christ our Lord. Then we are invited to go out and offer this bread to others. How will you be the bread of life to someone today?

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On A Roll by Becca Ziegler

Love/Hate Relationships

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I hate running. But I love the way running makes me feel when it’s over.

I hated practicing my bassoon. But I loved being able to play the right notes in a concert.

I hate math. OK, that’s where it breaks down. I still hate math.

I think Paul may have had a bit of a love/hate relationship with his church in Corinth. He desperately loved them, but he hated their sin. When they were sinful, he acted like a betrayed father who has just discovered contraband in his favorite son’s bedroom. Disappointment abounds when someone or something you love lets you down. The people in that church often let Paul down.

But he never stopped giving thanks for their faith, their ministry, and their testimony.

1 Corinthians 1:3-9 (Common English Bible)

3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Thanksgiving for the Corinthians

4 I thank my God always for you, because of God’s grace that was given to you in Christ Jesus. 5 That is, you were made rich through him in everything: in all your communication and every kind of knowledge, 6 in the same way that the testimony about Christ was confirmed with you. 

7 The result is that you aren’t missing any spiritual gift while you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. 8 He will also confirm your testimony about Christ until the end so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God is faithful, and you were called by him to partnership with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Think about your own love/hate relationships. Maybe you hate cleaning but love a clean house. Perhaps you hate cooking but love to sit down to a well-prepared meal. Do you hate the way your in-laws vote, but love the way they feel about your kids? Do you hate your adult child’s reckless behavior but love him with all your heart?

Do you hate the sin, but love the sinner?

Give thanks for it all. Give thanks in spite of the things you don’t like. Focus on the good and be grateful. God is faithful to us in spite of our many failings. May we be that faithful to one another and may love and thanksgiving abound as we gather around the table tomorrow.

I thank my God always for you.

An Alligator, Turtles, and a Bird Get Along

Gentleness Be Known

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Have you ever had an argument with someone that took on a life of its own? Has a disagreement fractured your relationship to the point where you don’t know how to repair it? Do conflicts with others cause you to be distant, avoiding any contact? We’ve all been there. Sometimes arguments can last years, even to the point where we don’t remember exactly what it was about.

Our lectionary Scripture for today was written by Paul in response to an argument. You probably recognize the beautiful opening sentence: “Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, rejoice!” so you may be startled to think this famous passage was directed to two women in the church of Philippi who had had a falling out. I kid you not. Faithful workers Euodia and Syntche had a big tiff over some unknown issue and were mad at each other. So Paul wrote these beautiful lines in his letter:

Philippians 4 (New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition)

4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.  5 Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. 6 Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

I wonder if they were embarrassed to be called out (which he does by name earlier in the chapter). His antidote to their squabble is to instruct them to let their gentleness be known to everyone … perhaps mostly to each other. He goes on to tell them to set aside their anxiety and replace it with prayer and supplication. I love that he added “with thanksgiving,” reminding them and us not to go to God in prayer with whining and complaining. When we guard our hearts and minds in Christ, annoying disagreements and outright fights can be dealt with by gentle discussion that includes acknowledgment of the other’s position and hopefully forgiveness …or at least a truce.

8 Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. 9 Keep on doing the things that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you.

I think this last section speaks to those times when we can’t settle our differences. Is there any merit in the person you are arguing with? Can you name one positive trait, even in your anger? Can you see past your beef to find something honorable and commendable, even if they have not shown you those qualities? And more importantly, are you exhibiting this list of Christ- like qualities in your own life? Can they see these things in you?

Paul reminds us to think and meditate on anything excellent and worthy of praise. When we move from wallowing in our hatred to trying to see the good in everything around us, it is only then that we will know peace. Euodia and Syntche may have never been friends again, but the opportunity to focus on their common ground in Christ would enable them to put down the heavy burden of anger and work together.

How about you? Do you want peace? Rejoice, and let your gentleness be known.

Gentle Path by Kathy Schumacher

First Communion

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Different faith systems have varying opinions on when the time is right for a young person to receive their first communion. In United Methodism, we believe that the table is open to all, and so we serve all people of all ages. There is no prerequisite for receiving communion in our church. We pay very close attention to educating and training our children in Sunday School and eventually confirmation classes about what communion means, but the table is a shared opportunity to receive the sacrament even if you don’t fully understand the sacrament. Jesus seemed to be cognizant of the fact that you have to catch the fish before you clean the fish, and Methodists like that idea.

I had a unique opportunity to serve communion to two of my grandchildren a few weeks ago. My niece’s baby shower brought my Florida daughter, my Atlanta daughter, and me together for the weekend and we attended the church where they grew up. This is the church that I served for 16 years. The opportunity to serve communion to the children’s workers arose and my dear friend Barbara and I took the bread and juice downstairs after the service to do just that. My five-year-old grandson spotted us as he was coming out of KidMin and my eight-year old granddaughter was with him. She was visiting from Florida and had spent the hour with him in his class.

They immediately tagged along as Barbara and I visited the classrooms and nursery, offering the elements through the pass through windows and over the half-doors. We met the children’s director and her amazing lay volunteer in the hallway and served them there. Then we headed down to the youth wing to find the youth director and served him in front of a pool table. Along the way, my grandchildren simultaneously asked if they could help and also could they be served. So right there in the hall in front of the youth room, I served communion to them both.

My granddaughter has received communion on a few Christmas Eves, but this was my grandson’s first time. Usually they are in the children’s programming during worship services. Both of them assured me they had never had communion before. I think they may have said that so that they could have some that morning. This was my first time to serve them, and it left me in tears.

1 Corinthians 10 (Common English Bible)

16 Isn’t the cup of blessing that we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Isn’t the loaf of bread that we break a sharing in the body of Christ? 17 Since there is one loaf of bread, we who are many are one body, because we all share the one loaf of bread.

Paul asks a beautiful and poignant question in this passage. Isn’t this blessing a sharing of Christ? Isn’t this loaf a sharing of his body? How many loaves are there? One. In our diversity, we are still one body because we share the one loaf.

So whether first communion is a formal process in your faith system or an automatic response to God’s grace that happens once a month, whether you receive it at the altar or in a downstairs hallway, this cup and this loaf unite us in our love and understanding of the sacrifice that is marked every time we break bread together.

I asked my five-year old grandson what he thought about receiving his first communion. His response: “Well, the bread was better than the juice.” Fair point, young man. The bread is home baked by a church volunteer who specializes in creating a delicate, fragrant sourdough.

I would say it is to die for, but Jesus already did that.

One Loaf by Becca Ziegler

Unusable

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I have a beef with the manufacturer of the moisturizer I use. When the container is still half full, the pump stops working. No matter how hard I pound, pump, tilt, and cajole, a good portion of the product remains in the heavy glass container, completely unusable. Eventually I am forced to break the neck of the pump and try to scrape the sides of the container until the lotion is gone. It is aggravating! I’m sure the reason the manufacturer doesn’t fix it is because folks give up and just buy more moisturizer. Not this girl! I’m too cheap.

We are surrounded every day by things that are unusable: electronic cords from long gone devices, expired food products we just can’t throw out, clothing that is too small, but we leave it in the closet anyway, last generation cell phones shoved in kitchen drawers … can you name some unusable things in your life right now?

Malachi gave a warning about people who were unusable. They were labeled “stubble,” referring to the wheat chaff that was the unusable part of grain that burned quickly in a fire. The arrogant and all the evil doers were stubble. The day was coming when they would be burned and leave nothing behind to take root again.

Malachi 4 (New Revised Standard Version)

See, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble; the day that comes shall burn them up, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.  2 But for you who revere my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.

In John 15, Jesus gives a similar warning about the dead wood that would burn in the fire after the healthy branches were pruned for growth. His standard was measured in what produced “good fruit.” Anything that was not productive, i.e. unusable, would be burned.

6 If you don’t remain in me, you will be like a branch that is thrown out and dries up. Those branches are gathered up, thrown into a fire, and burned.

Dead branches are of no use to God. Dead branches produce no fruit, can’t be used for anything useful, and actually hurt the living, producing branches. This Scripture makes it clear that the standard by which the vineyard keeper judges the viability of the branch is the branch’s ability to produce the fruit of love. When love is no longer the fruit you are producing, the keeper will throw you away and allow you to dry up. The same is true of the church. If we no longer produce the fruit of love, we will be thrown out.

8 My Father is glorified when you produce much fruit and in this way prove that you are my disciples.

And what fruit are we to be producing? Paul gives us a beautiful list in Galatians 5: 

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against things like this.

Are you “usable” for the kingdom of God? Do you revere God’s name in everything you do? Actions speak louder than words. Is love the fruit you bear? May the sun of righteousness rise up in your life and shine so brightly that everyone can see Jesus in you.


Shine On by Kathy Schumacher

The Power of Darkness

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This is the time of year when the sun is fickle about making an appearance. It acts like a self-conscious teenager deciding on whether or not to go to the school dance. She shows up too early in the morning and peeks through our bedroom blinds like she needs to see who else is there before she commits. Then she ducks behind clouds for the rest of day, avoiding the scrutiny of the rest of the kids. Finally, she calls her dad and goes home way too early, making us think that midnight has suddenly arrived in the middle of the afternoon as she takes her light with her. We miss the boldness of that summer sun who came out to play and stayed all day! Come back, summer sun!

In our Scripture today, Paul talks to the church at Colossae about the “power of darkness”. This same phrase is used in Luke 22:53 when Jesus describes the sinister forces of Satan as he was being arrested and taken away for his crucifixion. This is the darkness of Satan’s domain. It lulls us to sleep, distracts us, afflicts and depresses us, and is very skillful at hiding.

Colossians 1 (New Revised Standard Version)

For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God. 11 May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, so that you may have all endurance and patience, joyfully 12 giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light. 

Paul gives us the switch to flood our souls with the light that overpowers the darkness. When we know God’s will we have spiritual understanding. This wisdom enables us to live a life worthy of Christ and bear spiritual fruit in everything we do: The big tasks as well as the small moments of grace that we share with others. God strengthens us and blesses us with endurance and patience. And what is the result? We inherit the light.

13 He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

God rescues us from the power of darkness ,and we now belong to his kingdom, which is a kingdom of light.

How can you be the light to someone living in darkness today? The days are getting shorter and colder and people living on the edge are anxiously waiting for help and redemption. Who will you save today?

Moonlight Overcoming the Darkness