Pray Church, Pray

Acts 12, "After arresting him, he put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out for public trial after the Passover. So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him. The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance. Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. "Quick, get up!" he said, and the chains fell off Peter's wrists."

I got a call this morning from a dear friend who is going through some attacks by Satan. I am also going through some attacks of my own, my MS is acting up. This comes at an opportune time for both of us, for we are getting ready to go into battle. We are getting ready to bring the Abstinence Only program to High School and Junior High kids. Satan hits us where we are the weakest. My weakness is in my health. I have been doing very well for about one year, but in this year I have not kept up what I knew I needed to in order to stay well. So where does the enemy strike, where I have let my defenses down. Where does he strike my friend, where she is the weakest. This past few weeks we have both been under Spiritual attack. Only, we did not realize exactly what was happening until we talked about it with each other. This is not a physical battle, this is spiritual warfare. We are behind the bars and the chains are upon our wrists. How was the battle won? "So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him." We will be set free we just need to trust and wait patiently for Him to bring us to the other side.

In the book "The Grand Weaver", Ravi talks about Moses and the doubts that he faced. Moses had seen the burning bush and heard the audible voice of God! He had seen His mighty miracles, yet before he led the people into the desert he still doubted and asked God if it was really His will for him to do this. He wanted proof, before he walked out. Peter was in prison facing death. The night before he could have been killed, he was rescued by God. But here's the point, he still had to do his waiting in prison. While he was waiting the church was praying for him. They did not know how he would be set free, but they were praying earnestly for God to rescue him. This life is really not about the physical, what is happening right now. It is all really Spiritual Warfare. I have a title to put on mine, MS, but it is really a spiritual fight. Satan attacks me where I am the weakest, that is my physical body. Your weakest point may be food, jealousy, envy, your marriage, pornography, drugs, alcohol. Whatever it is, the point is that it is really not about this physical hardship. It is all about your spiritual relationship with God. Satan is attacking me, to cause me to doubt. If I doubt God, then I become weak and can no longer work for my Lord. If I doubt God, then I will not be able to do what He has called me to do. If I doubt, then I will not walk out in faith.

Faith is trust, while we have unanswered questions. Faith is trusting and obeying, while we struggle with doubt. Peter was in a spiritual battle, but he was not alone. He was the one suffering, but he was not fighting by himself. Did you notice one line that was crucial? "...but the church was earnestly praying to God for him." He had the church praying for him. That is where the battle was being won. When you pray for others; when you pray for me; when I pray for you, I will not be praying about the physical, but the spiritual battle that is being fought. Pray that the trials we go through, will not cause us to succumb to our doubt. Pray that as we are standing at the edge of the dessert, we will be able to walk in faith knowing it is God who is leading us. Pray that we will see, this is really not about what happens in our bodies. This is about arming ourselves for the true fight, and putting on the armor of God. He has already won the war, we just have to fight this battle in faith.

Peter and Cornelius

Acts 10-11, talks about Peter and Cornelius. Many times I have heard others talk about this, and how everyone is acceptable in the sight of God. Peter was a devout Jewish follower of Christ, who still followed the laws of Kosher. He did not eat anything that God had instructed Moses not to let the people eat. God came to him in a vision and informed him that all was good to eat. In this vision, God was not really telling Peter to stop following Kosher. What He was saying, was that all people are acceptable to God. God wanted His message to go to all people, not only the Jews. But here is the thing that I find interesting, before Peter and Cornelius met, they both had visions from God. God did not need Peter to teach Cornelius anything. He could have done that Himself. What He was wanting was to help them mature. In order for us to mature, we have to go through things ourselves. We do not tend to really listen to others, even to God. I am like many others, I am a stubborn woman. I persecute myself, before I learn and am willing to listen. God has given us the gift to listen, but many times we do not. God has called us to be in relationships with others, but many times He has to make us get uncomfortable before we will do what He is asking us to do.

Does God need any of us? No, He does not need any of us. He is a God of love and He does desire a relationship with us. But since He knows we are a fallen people made for relationships, He forces us to have relationships with others. He has called us to not only love Him, but to love other people, all people. As I watch others, and as I am in relationships myself, I have discovered those relationships always fall apart when both people are being selfish. It does not really matter if we are always called to be the one giving up what we want in a relationship. What matters, is that love is shown. When I am with Jason, we never eat where I really want to eat. But that is why God has given me others in my life, they like the same food as I do. If Jason fulfilled every desire that I had, I would never have a need for anyone else. That does not mean that if your spouse is not fulfilling your sexual desires, you go out and get it somewhere else. Everything must be in accordance with God. What it does mean, we are made for relationships. We are called to go out and do things that we may normally find uncomfortable.

The moment that I feel God needs me to do something is the very moment that I am not really seeing what God is saying to me. It is the very moment my relationships are in danger. God does not need me to say or do anything. What He wants is for me to mature in my love with Him and others. Everything really boils down to love. Am I loving God? Am I loving other people? The very moment that I get selfish and say, "what about me," is the very moment any relationship I am in, is in danger. If we leave a relationship with others, before we have learned what we need to learn about ourselves and God, we are doomed to repeat it, until we learn it. Something that I find interesting is when people are married and divorced multiple times. The trends in their life are set, and they tend to pass the blame game. Any relationship we are in, we have to look at how God is growing us. In order to get better, we have to step away from our own selfish desires and learn to love others the way God loves us.

Oswald Chambers, "Jesus does not mention the other person— He says for you to go. It is not a matter of your rights. The true mark of the saint is that he can waive his own rights and obey the Lord Jesus. '. . . and then come and offer your gift.' The process of reconciliation is clearly marked. First we have the heroic spirit of self-sacrifice, then the sudden restraint by the sensitivity of the Holy Spirit, and then we are stopped at the point of our conviction. This is followed by obedience to the Word of God, which builds an attitude or state of mind that places no blame on the one with whom you have been in the wrong. And finally there is the glad, simple, unhindered offering of your gift to God." What is God calling you to do? How is He trying to help you to grow? Is your love life, the walk He has called you to? He does not need you, in order to help others. What He desires from you is relationship. What He knows about all of us is that we need others, so we can grow more in love with him, our self.

http://www.rbc.org/devotionals/my-utmost-for-his-highest/09/26/devotion.aspx?year=2009

Happy Anniversary

My love, each year my life with you only gets better. I am so thankful for the man you are. Eph 5:25, "Husbands must love your wives with the same love Christ showed the church. He gave up His life for her to make her holy and clean... husbands ought to love their wives as they love their own bodies. For a man is actually loving himself when he loves his wife... So again I say, each man must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband." This, you have taken and done better than I could have ever imagined. You have helped to make me feel clean. I give you the praise you deserve, for you are a strong man. You are the man of my dreams, and I am so proud to say you are my husband. I am so thankful that you have replaced my nightmares with visions so sweet.

Tomorrow, we celebrate seven years of marriage. This is the best celebration. Song of Songs, "Oh, lover and beloved, eat and drink! Yes, drink deeply of this love!... I am my lover's and my lover is mine....I am my lover's the one he desires. Come, my love,... Your left hand would be under my head and your right hand would embrace me... Place me like a seal over your heart, or like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, and its jealousy is as enduring as the grave. Love flashes like fire, the brightest kind of flame..." When I was young, I was so confused. I did not know what a real man was supposed to be like. I looked at men and thought they were real men, because they were macho, but that has nothing to do with true masculinity. You helped me to see what a real man was like. You do not fear me. You stand and your strength eases me. You know how to be vulnerable, so that I can connect with you. You are the strongest man I have ever met.

Hosea 2, "...then I will win her back once again. I will lead her out into the desert and speak tenderly to her there. I will return her vineyards to her and transform the Valley of Trouble into a gateway of hope. She will give herself to me there... 'In that coming day,' says the LORD, 'you will call me 'my husband' instead of 'my master.' ...I will make you my wife forever, showing you righteousness and justice, unfailing love and compassion. I will be faithful to you and make you mine..." How I love to feel the strength of your embrace. I love to feel you next to me. You are the one. You are the one who showed me something I did not know. You showed me true love. You showed me how to love with the love that God promises His bride. How I love to give myself to you. How I love to be with you. Thank you for giving me such a wonderful life. Thank you for sacrificing yourself, so that I could feel loved. Happy Anniversary my love.

Light in the Darkness

John 12:35, "Then Jesus told them, 'You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. The man who walks in the dark does not know where he is going. Put your trust in the light while you have it, so that you may become sons of light.'"
I have to meet with my Lord every day. I must! I know how weak I am, and I know how far I can fall when the darkness surrounds me. There was a time in my young life when I thought I could do "it" on my own. I thought that I would have enough strength to overcome the trials facing me. I learned the hard way. I learned just how weak I really was.

I had been married for about one year. During that year, things were pretty hard, but most all young marriages are. Especially if they are trying to do it on their own. You need others to help you; you need Christ to guide you. I thought, "If I just hang in, I will be able to do this." We lived in a camping trailer at a KOA campground in Abilene Texas. I had plants all around me, for I needed the life they gave me. It was when the plats died that death over took me. The illusion of life for me, was in the plants that surrounded me. The light and life that I was seeking was in something more fragile than I was.

People put their faith in so many things. Some, put their faith in their youth. This had failed me, for my body was overcome with MS. Others, put their faith in a person. This too had failed me, for my faith was in a man to rescue me from my sin. The things we tend to put our security in, are so often things that will always fail us; in money, marriage, children, nature, friends, substances, pornography... the list goes on and on. But there is only one place that will never fail us. In this one place we can find freedom. In this one place we can find fulfilment. But here is the catch, if we do not seek Him in the light, He will find us in the darkness. That darkness is the loneliest place that we can ever go. In that darkness, we discover that we must turn to Him or die. That is why I seek Him in the light. For, I have been overcome by the darkness, without a spark to guide me. I have found myself empty and with no one to help me. I pray that when the darkness tries to come again, this time I will be prepared with His light to guide me.

Oswald Chambers, "Even the very smallest thing that we allow in our lives that is not under the control of the Holy Spirit is completely sufficient to account for spiritual confusion, and spending all of our time thinking about it will still never make it clear. Spiritual confusion can only be conquered through obedience. As soon as we obey, we have discernment. This is humiliating, because when we are confused we know that the reason lies in the state of our mind. But when our natural power of sight is devoted and submitted in obedience to the Holy Spirit, it becomes the very power by which we perceive God’s will, and our entire life is kept in simplicity." I want to see clearly, when the darkness of this world tries to over come me. It is only when I have gained the strength in the "easy" times that His words will come to me in the dark. The problem is, we too often wait until hard times to seek Him. Then we feel completely overwhelmed and we tend to give in to the struggle. Seek Him every day, so you can still see in the night.

http://www.rbc.org/devotionals/my-utmost-for-his-highest/09/14/devotion.aspx?year=2009

Marijuana

John 7:37, "Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him."

I have lived a very different life, in my past. I was addicted to an illusion. I was a typical foolish young girl and I suffered many pains, because of my addictions. I am back in the schools as a substitute. I love sitting there and visiting with the kids. I want to hear their stories and understand where they are coming from. Right now, since school just began, most of my time is spent listening. The kids talk freely in front of me. They talk about sex, drug, and partying. One of the things that I hear is, "you cant get addicted to pot (marijuana), it is only mental." I actually understand this statement. I understand it, because I used to say the exact same thing. But here is something that I have learned; Yes, it is harder to become physically dependent on pot, but you can. Yes, it does not have the same physical withdraw as other drug, but the mental is much stronger and lasts longer than the physical.

There was a time in my life, if I ran out of weed I would go anywhere and everywhere looking for some (this is not all I did, but it was my drug of choice). I would make all of the phone calls. I would go to all of the houses. I would search for some, until I could buy some. And if not buy, then at least I could share in a bowl. All drugs have an addiction about them. If you think marijuana is not addictive and you can easily use it without any consequences you are sorrily misinformed. No you will not go into a fit of seizures, just because you haven't taken a hit. Like you do if you are an alcoholic. But just as an alcoholic, there is an addiction that lasts much longer. Every mind altering drug is ultimately the same. If you do it long enough, you do not know how to handle life without it. The physical withdraw only lasts for a short time, with any drug. Once you have been through withdraw, for at least two months, sometimes a little longer, what you are left with is the mental. You are left with yourself and not knowing who you are without the substance feeding your illusion of who you really are. You discover that reality is hard and you want to escape again to the drug.

In all of my searching; in all of my seeking, I have finally found something that fills my wanting. I know; I know, it sounds cliche, but it is true. Christ has finally left me without any need for more. After all of my stupid acts; after all of my failures, I can hold my head high and walk into a room. Even when I know others know all of my darkest secrets (for I tell everyone) I can walk in, for He walks ahead of me. I used to know what it was like to feel thirsty, without any real relief. But now I know what it is like to drink from my Lord. I no longer thirst; I no longer seek, for He has found me (6:44). There was a time, when the high would only last for a few short hours. Then I was off looking again. This high has lasted for years. It is the best high I have ever experienced and I no longer look for more.

Usually when I share with the kids, they think I am crazy. They think I do not know. But trust me, I do. And when all their searching is spent and all their pain is felt, they will be able to say, "someone once told me..." Sweet kids, you are not alone. The choices that you are making right now, do have consequences. If you are seeking fulfillment through drugs, sex, pornography... what ever this life offers, you will be left wanting more. You will be left with the consequences of your choices. When you taste the bitterness of your choices, you are not alone. There is Someone who can finally fulfill you. And there are others who will still love you....

http://www.godandscience.org/doctrine/medical_marijuana_review.html

With a Whisper

John 1, "In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He existed in the beginning with God. God created everything through Him, and nothing was created except through Him. The Word gave life to everything that was created, and His life brought light to everyone. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish It."

He is the all powerful creator of heaven and earth. And He is love. Have you ever really looked at the Big Bang theory? You know, when the heavens were created, the beginning. I believe in the Big Bang, I just know who Banged it. With a whisper, He spoke and all creation was set into motion. With a whisper, the stars were made. With a whisper, life was created. With a whisper, the power of just a whisper. Is it in a whisper that His true power is revealed. The mighty and awesome power of God. All creation rejoices in His power. All creation speaks His name. For with out Him, nothing would have ever been created. Nothing would be here, and it only took a whisper. "Because He is fully God, Jesus is able to reveal God to us clearly and accurately."

"In every chapter Jesus' deity is revealed. And Jesus' true identity is underscored through the titles He is given- the Word, the only Son, Lamb of God, Son of God, true bread, life, resurrection, vine. And the formula is 'I am.' When Jesus uses this phrase, He affirms His preexistence and eternal deity. Jesus says, I am the bread of life (6:35); I am the light of the world (8:12; 9:5); I am the gate (10:7); I am the good shepherd (10:11, 14); I am the resurrection and the life (11:25); I am the way, the truth and the life (14:6); I am the true vine (15:1)." He is God. If He is God and he can create "this" with only a whisper, then why do I ever doubt that He can whisper to me? And when I hear Him whisper, why do I think I need Him to shout?

You of little faith, do not doubt. Trust. "Because Jesus is God's Son, we can perfectly trust what He says. By trusting Him, we can gain an open mind to understand God's message and fulfill His purpose in our lives." He has invited each of us to begin a personal, eternal relationship with Him. Because He is just, He allows us to choose. We can either choose to believe or not believe. If only we would choose every day to believe that He is the one who is really in control. For if we really believed this, we would not have to feel like we have the weight of the world upon our shoulders. Jesus Christ is not just a man. He is the Almighty Creator of the universe. Our life is not for our glory, but the glory of God. It is through our life that He has chosen to reveal Himself to the world. Wouldn't it be much easier to live each day like we actually believed this! With a whisper...

Wonderful Tears

Luke 24, "But very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared... Then the men asked, 'Why are you looking among the dead for someone who is alive? He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead! Remember what He told you back in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands of sinful men and be crucified, and that He would rise again on the third day.'... they begged Him, “Stay the night with us, since it is getting late.” So He went home with them. As they sat down to eat, He took the bread and blessed it. Then He broke it and gave it to them. Suddenly, their eyes were opened, and they recognized Him. And at that moment He disappeared! They said to each other, “Didn’t our hearts burn within us as He talked with us on the road and explained the Scriptures to us?”... “Why are you frightened?” He asked. “Why are your hearts filled with doubt? Look at My hands. Look at My feet. You can see that it’s really Me. Touch Me and make sure that I am not a ghost, because ghosts don’t have bodies, as you see that I do.' As He spoke, He showed them His hands and His feet. Still they stood there in disbelief, filled with joy and wonder.... ‘There is forgiveness of sins for all who repent.’ You are witnesses of all these things.... Then Jesus led them to Bethany, and lifting His hands to heaven, He blessed them. While He was blessing them, He left them and was taken up to heaven. So they worshiped Him and then returned to Jerusalem filled with great joy. And they spent all of their time in the Temple, praising God."

Oh, how this makes my heart sing. I have spent my time this morning reading this and wiping the tears from my eyes. I spend my days listening to music that worships Him and to teachers who know much more than I. I cannot get enough of my Lord. The time I spend with Him, often brings me to tears. I cannot help it, they just come flowing when I least expect it. Before I couldn't see His wounds. I couldn't grasp the fact that God, the creator of the universe, really came to earth and died for my sin. I had heard it from the time I was a baby, but I couldn't wrap my mind around it. I still have hard times when the doubt comes creeping in, but those times are not as often anymore. Most of my time now is spent in worship to Him. My tears are tears of joy, and my song (though I do not have a singers voice) is all for Him.

Have you ever been overcome by the redeeming power of His love? Have you ever just out of no where, started crying, just because He loves you? I have never had tears that felt so good, or that came so often. I cry all of the time, it seems. I do not cry because I am sad, or lonely. Even though I feel this often, but it is not a physical sadness or loneliness. It is all out of love of my King. I cry because of what He does for me. I cry for what I do to Him. I cry because of the fact that so many are still hurting themselves so badly, just because they do not yet really know Him. How I love my Lord. I love to worship Him. I pray He finds my life a worship to Him in everything I do.

Oswald Chambers, "A private relationship of worshiping God is the greatest essential element of spiritual fitness. The time will come, as Nathanael experienced in this passage, that a private "fig-tree" life will no longer be possible. Everything will be out in the open, and you will find yourself to be of no value there if you have not been worshiping in everyday occasions in your own home. If your worship is right in your private relationship with God, then when He sets you free, you will be ready. It is in the unseen life, which only God saw, that you have become perfectly fit. And when the strain of the crisis comes, you can be relied upon by God."

http://www.rbc.org/devotionals/my-utmost-for-his-highest/09/10/devotion.aspx?year=2009

God's Sifting Season

Luke 22:31-34, "Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers." But he replied, "Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death." Jesus answered, "I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times that you know me."
The sifting season, that one can be hard. There were so many times in my young life that I was "ready". I wanted to go out and help others. But, I was not ready. It is during the sifting season that all the impurities and the dead stalks are removed. It is during this time that we discover our true faith. It is during this time that we begin learning to lay aside our thoughts and start turning to Jesus for what we are really supposed to do.

Peter thought he was ready. He was ready for a fight, but he was still unaware of what Jesus was really wanting. He was still blind to the full realities of what was happening. In his impulsiveness, he was ready to fight. He had not been thoroughly sifted yet. It was in seeing his weakness and discovering how much he did not know, that he became ready for the battle ahead. Only, it was a battle he never dreamed would come, in the way that it did. He was expecting a physical battle, Christ has prepared us for a spiritual battle. A battle we must fight every day. A battle not with others, but with Satan. James 1:14, "Temptation comes from the lure of our own evil desires." The sifting that He has asked us to partake in, is a sifting that happens every day. If we are continually looking at other's sins, we are missing our own. If we are continually looking at our past sin, we are missing the present. The first thing we must do everyday, is to allow God to sift us. In opening ourselves up first, then we are ready for the fight. In opening ourselves up, we can see how much we need Him.

Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be ready for the daily battle; Belt of Truth, Shoes of Peace, Shield of Faith, Helmet of Salvation, Sword of the Spirit. (Eph 6) Every day we must walk through the threshing floor, so that our own impurities may be removed. After we have been sifted, we put on our armor, and go out to help others during their sifting. We are to continually wave our hands toward heaven and allow the winds of God to blow away our death, so that He can be a light of life to others through us.

Oswald Chambers, "It is only when God has transformed our nature and we have entered into the experience of sanctification that the fight begins. The warfare is not against sin; we can never fight against sin— Jesus Christ conquered that in His redemption of us. The conflict is waged over turning our natural life into a spiritual life. This is never done easily, nor does God intend that it be so. It is accomplished only through a series of moral choices. God does not make us holy in the sense that He makes our character holy. He makes us holy in the sense that He has made us innocent before Him. And then we have to turn that innocence into holy character through the moral choices we make. These choices are continually opposed and hostile to the things of our natural life which have become so deeply entrenched— the very things that raise themselves up as fortified barriers "against the knowledge of God." We can either turn back, making ourselves of no value to the kingdom of God, or we can determinedly demolish these things, allowing Jesus to bring another son to glory (see Hebrews 2:10).

Are you ready for battle? Do you see what the battle is, in your own life? Are you willing to go through the sifting of sin, every day? If you are, then you are ready to go out and help others.

http://www.rbc.org/devotionals/my-utmost-for-his-highest/09/08/devotion.aspx?year=2009

Mirror Memories

So many things go through my mind as I spend time with my Lord in the mornings. I am constantly drawn to who I used to be and who I am now. My memories are something that I cherish, for it is in those memories where love for others grows. It is in this time now where I can feel the true calling of my King. I have experienced the fullness of Christ and His redeeming power. I hear Him calling and I feel His love for me and for others. I can love those who are struggling and I can help those who need help. So this is what draws my attention this morning.

Luke 6, "Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? A student is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher. "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,' when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye."

My attention is drawn to another: Luke 7, "When a woman who had lived a sinful life in that town learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume, and as she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them... Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—for she loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little."

I have heard those who read the first verse and say, "They cannot tell others what they are doing wrong for they, themselves, are sinners?" If this is true, then who can we help? Many do not need to try and help anyone else, for they themselves do not even have a glimpse of God's love, grace, or what He even expects of us. But if you have felt the redeeming power of His love. If you feel He is your teacher, then He is calling you to help others. For if you are really His student, then you have done everything in your power to remove the log from your own eye. You have knelt at His feet and praised His name. If you are wise, you will do this every day. My memories serve me well. They help me to remember, just how far I can fall. They help me to see myself for who I really am, a sinner. They allow me to approach another person with love and compassion, truthfully.

You do not have to walk through sin, as I did, to feel the love of Christ. You do not have to fall in the same way, but you do have to have love. You must have compassion and you cannot be blind to who you are. For if we are blind to ourselves, then how can we see Him? When we look in the mirror, that is when we can see Him. It is in looking in the mirror, that we can help others. When you see others, do you see their sin and think, "How stupid, don't you get it?" Or, do you see yourself and have compassion and love for them, for they are sinners as well? Are you in love with your Teacher? Are you a student of His? It is in being His student, we are called to hold a mirror. First, to ourselves. Then, to others so they can see as well.

http://www.rbc.org/devotionals/my-utmost-for-his-highest/09/01/devotion.aspx?year=2009