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By dinah mesalucha
10/31/08
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After a night of keeping a summary of events for the bygone eleven months, the celebration of Christmas Day led me to a two – hour morning service, of which, I was the last who entered the portals. Despite tardiness, I was able to catch up a part of the message. It was like a dew that fell on me and I’m sure, God had really intended it for I’d been clumsy with my Christian walk for the past months and the Lord wanted to point out what I’d missed. I could admit that my mind was feeble. I thought of how things were little by little, drifting away ; from the bankruptcy of our family business to the decline of my Mom’s health, the list so lengthened by our debts, the decline of my theological pursuits which I consider the worst and my on – going distant commitment with my best friend. To fix things was a demand that almost pound my skull. I knew I was insincerely responding to God’s call but then, the Lord knew very well that very soon, I’ll be led along the right path and these things my family faces right now would soon be replaced by sunshine.
Pastor Joey had the message straight that morning. My seemingly quitting pride was wanting restoration. It was my Mom who stood by me during those tough times. It is not an exaggeration but the truth is, I was giving up and wanting to put end to everything.
Nothing was private for with each testing, I felt the exigency for my actions. I was also praying but I wasn’t so certain that favor would still be poured by Heaven, however, I understood that God was moving… All I needed to do was to be silent in His presence. I prayed. It’s no more than a simple thought to consider my isolation from God’s direction. I knew, I have gone far from obeying Him. I thought, it was easy to run from those afflictions. My thoughts were not reconciled yet at the final hour, I felt like, I was finely picked to absorb the mist from His reminder. His Words cut me of and led me to still celebrate the last holiday of the year, Christmas.
The Christmas lights attached to one of the posts of the church building gave me better signal to move closer to the post. I saw one that was seemingly unlit. Then, it really was! I touched the unlit bulb. I was sorry, deeply sorry to see myself unlighted, if I happened to be one of the bulbs.The church celebrated Christmas, I also did. I had the bulb replaced by a new one(just that single bulb)and i saw a better glow, blinking the spirit that binds man to man and more, God to man.
If i did not come for the worship
service, i would'nt realize, i was unlit.So bad I could have taken my life before Christmas. ‘so bad to fool myself with it. So bad, I would miss the LIGHT of my LIFE, better than the bulbs on the post.

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