Thursday, November 29, 2001
Thursday, November 29, 2001
Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action.
You and I are looking for signposts to help us determine what is true and what is
not--what is worth giving our lives to and what is not. Truth is elusive and
misinformation abounds. Maybe what we need to do is to strike a match in the darkness
and to look on the face of Jesus.
(1 John 3:18
NRSV)
Steve Brown tells the story of a British soldier in the First World War who lost heart for
the battle and deserted. Trying to reach the coast for a boat to England that night, he
ended up wandering in the pitch black night, hopelessly lost. In the darkness he came
across what he thought was a signpost. It was so dark that he began to climb the post
so that he could read it. As he reached the top of the pole, he struck a match to see
and found himself looking squarely into the face of Jesus. He realized that, rather than
running into a signpost, he had climbed a roadside crucifix. Brown explains: "Then he
remembered the One who had died for him...who had endured...who had never turned
back. The next morning the soldier was back."
Dear God, may I always seek your truth and the face of Jesus. Amen.
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