Light is sweet; how pleasant to see a new day dawning. – Ecclesiastes 11:7 NLT Sometimes the book of Ecclesiastes makes King Solomon seem like a dreary pessimist. But he wasn’t. He was more of a realist who understood that in this broken world there would be heartache, discouragement, and…
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The Light of the World Has Come
One of my favorite Old Testament prophecies about Jesus, the coming Messiah, is Isaiah 9. During a time when the Israelites felt beaten down and defeated, God told them about their Savior. When hope was fleeting, and fear was overwhelming, God promised that one day He would come and establish…
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Christmas Lights – A Fitting Analogy
Do you find it interesting that, for the most part, Christmas is the only holiday that people hang displays of lights around their home? For some, it is a major event. Thousands of lights that likely remained hung yet unlit throughout the year suddenly come to life in a beautiful…