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yesicanread!

Hi, and nice to meet you...
LOVE
This is a very sweet post...and I would have to say the Light that you speak of comes from Loving our Father...and our brothers and sisters on this planet.
I have found that once you truly seek...you do find...and understand.
Here's a few quotes for you...

Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

Romans 13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

1John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

1John 4:12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

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cg
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
-Mahatma Gandhi

Hey Chickengirl!!!!!
It is really great to hear from you! I like the new Avatar. It's been pretty quiet around here lately. Anyway, I guess that I should stick to the topic, but it sure is good to hear from you again.

yesicanread,
I like you post too but, as Chickengirl can tell you, I am not too sure that I can totally agree with you view on light. Your post are alway something of a "thought provoker". I must say that I usually have a hard time understanding them completely. I think of myself as a reasonable intelligent person ( although Ek would tell you that I can't be that smart and still be a Christian) but your logic is a bit abstract for me.

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Ekrubtap,
You truly impressed me. Even though you may not want it, I have hope for you yet.

Hey Zippy...nice to see you too!!! Hope you had a nice visit at your folks anniversary get-to-gether!

Interesting that you should say that, because just the other day I was thinking it isn't my place in Heaven that I am so concerned with today, but my daily effectiveness, in my dealings with the people that are in my life, both intimately, and those just passing by. I guess I am of the mindset to live one day at a time, and hopefully be a blessing to those I come in contact with, rather than a pain in the arse to them. In a way I too would prefer the "light" the tunnel...rather than darken it...

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cg
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
-Mahatma Gandhi

You are absolutely right Chickengirl. I know some Christians that are preoccupied with the "light at the end of the tunnel" but for me, it is just the promise not my daily goal. If I live the life now and try to be filled with light, so to speak, the end of the tunnel will take care of itself.

Light. The light of this world is Jesus Christ, and the light of this world shines from each of us who believes in God through the Holy Spirit. The ONLY light of this world comes from Christ who lives in us. Not from the things of this world, IE: music, movies, poetry. Those are all man made things that people use to distract themselves. When it comes right down to it, God is the only thing valuable in this world, and the only way to get to the Father is through the Son and Holy Spirit.

It says in the bible, John 8:12 "Jesus said to the people, "I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won't be stumbling through the darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life."

1 John 1:5 "This is the message he has given us to announce to you: God is light and there is no darkness in him at all. So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness. We are not living in the truth. But if we are living in the light of God's presence, just as Christ is, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from every sin."

No where in the bible does it state that there is light in anything of this world. This world is dark and wicked, only the light of Jesus the Son of God, and God Himself shines through the dark and empty pit we call earth.