Living in the light took...
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Living in the light took on a whole new dimension for me in 1942 when the electricity
was turned on in our farm home. The REA (Rural Electric Association) had gone through
in 1939, but there was no way we could afford the minimal charge, then only $8 a month.
Four years later, when farm prices were better, the time arrived when the house was
wired and a pole for a yard light was installed.
I experienced the thrill that few today have experienced. Coming home from country school and discovering that the electricity was on! No more lantern carrying to light up the farm chore time! No more filling and refilling the old kerosene lamps for use in the house. There was light!
Just as there was anticipation and expectancy awaiting the arrival of light on the farm, there can be anticipation as we open our hearts to the indwelling presence of our Savior, the Lord Jesus. No longer was the dim, dangerous, hand-held lantern necessary. A new light had come to open the way. The new power provided energy to pump the water for home and farm.
Once we "plug in" to Christ, we find that he is light and provides the spiritual energy to light up our life and to provide light so others can find the way. "For once you were darkness but now in the Lord you are light. Live as children of light for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true" (Ephesians 5:8).
I experienced the thrill that few today have experienced. Coming home from country school and discovering that the electricity was on! No more lantern carrying to light up the farm chore time! No more filling and refilling the old kerosene lamps for use in the house. There was light!
Just as there was anticipation and expectancy awaiting the arrival of light on the farm, there can be anticipation as we open our hearts to the indwelling presence of our Savior, the Lord Jesus. No longer was the dim, dangerous, hand-held lantern necessary. A new light had come to open the way. The new power provided energy to pump the water for home and farm.
Once we "plug in" to Christ, we find that he is light and provides the spiritual energy to light up our life and to provide light so others can find the way. "For once you were darkness but now in the Lord you are light. Live as children of light for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true" (Ephesians 5:8).
