The Light of the World

 

"Overwhelming" - the gripping headline on the front page of the newspaper in Henagar, Alabama.  That simple word sums up the mood of the sweet people of the south.  As we traveled to serve and help, we became overwhelmed as our eyes looked upon the devastation, as our ears listened to stories of heartbreak, as our shoulders were cried upon by sweet widows and our lips said countless prayers of healing.  Overwhelmed, but God was not overshadowed, if anything His presence outshone the rubble, the lifeless landscape, and tears of sorrow.

These pictures need no descriptions. 

Our team went to help, even in the smallest of ways...

to listen, and to hug..

to encourage,

to laugh with,

and to share His beautiful Word,

that they may all know Him.

We held hands, and

picked up limbs,

carried off tree logs with tractors and by hand,

oh, and we smiled a little too!  :)

But we all had the same purpose in mind,

to be the "light of the world...

A city on a hill cannot be hidden.  

 

Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl.

Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.

In the same way, let your light shine before men,

that they may see your good deeds,

and praise your Father in heaven."  
Matthew 5:14-16

"The time is now
Come Church arise...
Love with His hands
See with His eyes...
Bind it around you,
Let it never leave you,
And they will know us by our love..."

Pray for Alabama.