Today we had the first of the Christmas services for one of the groups that meet at the church. It was a real honour to be invited and approached to sing for them. It was a really lovely gathering and someone I have known since my primary school days was speaking. Although I have heard June speak so many times before I don't actually think I have never really listened - probably because this was the first time I have heard her speak since becoming a Christian and secondly I haven't heard her speak for around 8 years. She spoke with a real gentleness yet conviction and her words were so powerful. She was talking to us about Jesus being the light of the world and the light in our lives. She used this really helpful illustration for it. When we are without Jesus we are in total darkness, darkness envelopes our being. Because we are in darkness we cant see the way before us and if we are being honest that really scares us. However when we take Jesus into our life He becomes our torch, He lights up our pathway just enough for us to see. The darkness has no choice but to give way to the light, and the darkness is always left behind us. The light will always overcome the darkness.
It's not fun to run out of gas. Have you every run out of gas? Not your car - you. I have. The gauge I was looking at in my life clearly read full, but I still found myself stranded on the side of life's road. The gauge I was using - the world - was flawed, but I didn't realize it until my tank was empty and I was going nowhere. If we judge whether or not our lives are "full" based on the world's standards, we are destined to run out of gas.... ...Just because we are busy doesn't mean that we are alive. Just because the world says are lives are full doesn't mean that our lives really are full. Our lives are not full simply because we are working hard, playing hard and living hard. When we try to fill our lives with the fuel of this world, we find ourselves running on empty. The gospel of John records that Jesus said, "I have come that they may have life and have it to the full" (John 10:10). In other words, Christ said that He wants us the h
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