Joy to the World - The Light Has Come!
Behold , the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world! John 3:19 ~ "... th e LIGHT has come into the world..." "This is the crisis we’re in: God-light streamed into the world, but men and women everywhere ran for the darkness. They went for the darkness because they were not really interested in pleasing God. Everyone who makes a practice of doing evil, addicted to denial and illusion, hates God-light and won’t come near it, fearing a painful exposure. But anyone working and living in truth and reality welcomes God-light so the work can be seen for the God-work it is." ~ Eugene Peterson on John 3:19-21 Malachi 4:2 ~ "But for you who fear my name, the SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS shall rise with healing in its wings ..." Luke 1:78-79 ~ "... because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the SUNRISE shall visit us from on high to give LIGHT to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into th