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Spring Light

3/9/2015

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Ah, Springtime!  Yesterday we experienced "springing ahead" as we reset the clocks to Daylight Saving Time.  In just 11 more days it is officially Spring.  

Temperatures this week will be in the upper 40's after a very cold couple of weeks with wind chills in the -20s.  The Apostle Island Ice Caves which finally opened last weekend will probably close for the season this week. The ski hill is still open, but can't last long.

As our snow melts and patches of lawn appear, I think of warm breezes, green leaves and flowers to come.  The warmth, the moisture and the bright sunlight all come together to wake the sleeping trees and grass.  New life begins as seeds dropped last fall sprout and rise from the ground.

Spring is the time of new life, and the time of awakening for hibernating plants and animals.  It is a time of new beginnings.

Check out Ephesians 5:13-16:  
But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible,  for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,
“Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. 

This is not just the springtime of nature.  It is also our springtime.  It is time for us to wake up from our winter slumber and come alive.  It's time to take the light of Jesus and wake our neighbors!  It's time to do all we can to shine Jesus in the dark places and watch Him bring others to new life!



It's time to make the best use we can of the time we are given.  As I am writing this, I remember a great minister of the gospel who went home last week.  As I was writing this, I received a call that another friend in ministry is in intensive care after having a heart attack and surgery.


Time is short.  You don't know how much time you have to walk wisely, to "walk in the light as He is in the light".  


It's the time of new life.  It's time for a new beginning.


So don't waste time.  Wake up!  It's time to shine your light!
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Who Are You Wearing?

3/1/2015

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The Academy Awards Ceremony was last Sunday.  I didn't watch.  I don't care who won.  But there are certain "news" feeds online that have not stopped discussing the clothes and actions of those who attended.

The one and only important question on the red carpet appears to be "Who are you wearing?"  The discussion continues a week later.

That is a great question for followers of Jesus.  What is your identity?  Who are you living for?   What is your motive for what you do?  How do you describe yourself and your reason for living?  What is the one single most important factor of your life?  In other words, Who Are You Wearing?

When God sent His son Jesus to live, to die and to rise again, He did it for you.  His desire is that you will love Him as He first loved you.  He wants to change your name from Lost to Found, from Sinner to Saint, from Hostage to Ransomed and from Slave to Free.

When He changes your name, it is simply the outcome of God changing your identity.  You become His child.  And for eternity you wear the identity of Jesus Christ.  God conforms you to the image of His Son.

Have you allowed Him to change you?  Are you living for Him?

Who are you wearing?
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