Is Your Globe Clean?
Matthew 5:14-16 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven." In these verses Jesus is telling his disciples, and us, that the light of Jesus Christ shines through us to others. We are not to hide our light. And it is our responsibility to keep the globe clean. As a young girl, my family would go camping each year. We started out with the kerosene lanterns and then my dad purchased the gas lanterns when they came out. Each day he would sit at the picnic table and make sure that the globes were clean so that we could see at night. There was something soothing about that kerosene lantern especially, seeing that little flame light up our campsite. With the kerosene lantern, the globe would get dirty very qui