The Wonder of Light

I was hired to cook at a camp during the week.  Over the weekend their was a big group that rented out the camp and left the kitchen full of flies.  The caretaker took out as many flies as he could, but their were still a handful flying around.  Roaming the kitchen, I could not find a fly swatter anywhere.  I looked in the pantry, dining hall, and the other buildings on the grounds.  I finally asked the caretaker where a fly swatter would be.  He told me that they were in the dining hall on one of the counters.  Since i looked everywhere in the dining hall, i asked if their were any other swatters on camp if they were not there.  He told me those were the only ones he knew about.  I walked back to the dining hall and turned on the lights and their were the swatters behind some Tupperware containers.
I was searching for the swatters in the dark.  Their was light coming through the windows but i thought that would have been a sufficient amount to find the swatters.  It was when the room was full of light, I could find what I was looking for.  John 9:5 says, "While I am in the world, I am the light of the world (NIV)."  Because of sin we have darkness in our lives.  When we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we have the him to light up the darkness in our lives.  Paul writes to the Ephesians, "For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (Ephesians 5:8 NIV)."  When we are living the christian life, we sometimes lose adequate light by not regularly reading the bible, praying, and other disciplines.  This can make us lose focus on what we need to do for the kingdom and puts us at odds with it.  So it is important to always try to live as children of the light.

My Stupid Truck

The beginning of February, I got into a car accident due to bad winter road conditions.  I also had a slow leak in my power steering which made my driving my vehicle a workout than a luxury.  I got my truck back from the body shop and the damage from the accident was fixed.  However, my power steering part was back ordered so i had to wait until the body shop called me so they can fix it.  Driving my truck without power steering is a chore.  My arms hurt, my chest hurts, and my joints are in agony.  When I put some fluid in, my truck will maneuver great for a few minutes until it all drains out.  As I was driving down from Ashland today, I had a allegorical thought on my life and my truck.


I have developed some bad habits over the years.  These habits have tripped me up in my spiritual life and as a result, left me confused on where God wants me to go.  Driving my truck I thought I am God and the truck is me.  I wanted God to guide my life but I have some faulty pieces in me.  When God does need me to take a turn in my life, it is hard to tun the wheel, and in some cases has to stop, and go back and forth until He can get it on the right road.  I knew of the faulty piece in my life, and i continue to ignore it, do a quick fix, and/or find a temporary solution that would work for a week or two.  But God, want the faulty piece to be replaced in me so he can continue to guide me in a smooth fashion. 


I still have not got a call from the body shop telling me the part is in, so i continue to have aches and pain driving that stupid truck.  In the mean time, I have taken steps to remove the faultiness in me, and allow God to replace those parts.  Doing so, I think I have gain more clarity in where God is taking me.