Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. I met with the One Who died for me from inside the house looking out and I gave thanks for it all. I thanked Him for who He is and what He’s done for me. I thanked Him for choosing me to be His own. I thanked Him for making my Purpose clear. I thanked Him for my family. I thanked him for my health. I went on and on with all those things my Heart is thankful for and I never even got around to a request. He’s the Most Important thing in my Life and I want to make sure He knows it. As I sat at the window looking at this deer (seemingly) all alone and grazing on whatever there is to eat this time of year, I thought about how horrible it would be to NOT have God…to be knocking around through this life all alone and to NOT have the promise of a Future in Heaven. I considered how dark the world would be without His presence in it at such a time as this and it made me cry. Isn’t it just like my God to burn a Message in my Heart stemming from a photo of a simple deer?

There is plenty of darkness to go around these days and sometimes it feels as if the darkness is “winning” the Spiritual War…IF that were even possible. BUT just imagine what this world would look like without a remnant of God in it whatsoever. Complete and utter darkness. Total chaos. Hate like you’ve never experienced before. No boundaries on anything or anyone. Vile, filth, death. No hope, no joy. Nothing good. No morality. No acts of kindness, and no compassion. The earth would be second only to Hell if the world had no Light whatsoever from the Living God and His people. God’s people serve a big Purpose in the Big Picture and we’re instructed to be a Light in the dark world and the salt of the earth. It’s too bad more people professing to Know Him don’t act upon the instructions given to us all because we’d definitely see more Light in this dark world if they did.

It’s bad enough to think about how dark the world would be with all the Light removed, but what’s even worse to me is thinking about what MY life would be like without Him in it. Everything would be dark, and I really would be “alone.” My Life would be without Purpose and I would have no boundaries at all. Morals would go out the window and I’ve have no hope, joy, or love to consume me anymore…and none to share with another. I would have an insatiable appetite to be satisfied with money and all the things that can’t buy happiness…and I wouldn’t care what I had to do to get it, as long as I did. I would have hate in my heart and compassion within me would cease to exist. When you think about it, a Life without Him paints a picture of what Hell will be like for so many who don’t Believe. There is nothing good there and there will be ETERNAL torment because of it. To be separated from God must be THE WORST, most indescribable and unimaginable thing and the darkness and torment that is waiting for those who don’t believe defy words. I wouldn’t wish my worst enemy into Hell to be separated from God forever which is what keeps people like me busy SHINING MY LIGHT, being the SALT OF THE EARTH, and sharing the GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST with the world.

I love Jesus Christ and I make it my Goal to shine the Light of my Faith in the darkness. After all, the only thing making this dark world bearable is the little bit of Light still shining and refusing to be snuffed out. I do my best to encourage the sleeping church to WAKE UP, and I do everything in my power to shed Light on the dark world while I give credit to Jesus Christ for it all. I can’t imagine anything worse than a Life without Him in the center of it or a world without any Light at all. Yep…that sounds like Hell to me!

How about you?