There is something wrong when a light turns dark. In a typical light
bulb, this indicates that a wire has become loose, and when this
happens, the light bulb becomes completely useless.
When the
light of our soul turns dark, we can be assured that something is
extremely wrong as well. We have somehow ruptured our relationship with
the source of real Light.
The same is true when a lighthouse
keeper stops tending the beacon atop his light station. Imagine how many
shipwrecks this would cause! The lighthouse keeper would have become
completely unreliable.
Does this ever happen?
Absolutely.
On June 8, 1908, someone discovered a body in a lighthouse boat that had
washed ashore. Edward Morrison was the victim, the assistant lighthouse
keeper of the Grand Island Old North Light on Lake Superior. It took
days to identify him, for he was completely disfigured.
When the
investigation was under its way, it was discovered that the lighthouse
keeper, George Henry, had also disappeared. There was no one manning the
lighthouse any longer!
A second boat was also found to be missing
from the lighthouse station, and this same boat was later discovered
moored to a pier near Muniseng, Michigan. Unfortunately, George Henry
was never seen again. It was assumed he killed his assistant for
whatever reason and ran away to avoid imprisonment. The lighthouse
keeper had turned dark, never to shine again. This is what happens when
light turns dark. It becomes completely useless.
Still, I wonder
why anyone would want to turn dark, when we have a Heavenly Father who
is so eager to forgive us?
We were destined to shine forth God's
Light amidst those who don't even know what light is. Shining is way
more fulfilling that turning dark!
"Where am I? I can't see
anything!" Is truly unpleasant!
Rob Chaffart
When Lights Turn Dark. Little Light of Mine, Part 6
Today's Bible Verse:
"If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the
darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. But if we walk in the
light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and
the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin." (1John 1:6-7)
When Lights Turn Dark. Little Light of Mine, Part 6
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