Day: May 24, 2015

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Ain’t She a Beauty?

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 The Cape Meares Lighthouse hosts a first order Fresnel (pronounced Fraynel) lens made in Paris, France. It arrived at the Oregon coast by way of Cape Horn.  This lens traveled over 200 feet up a rocky cliff on a ramp made of local timbers and reflected the light of an oil lamp for the first time on January 1, 1890.
The lens is made of eight panels, of which four are bull’s-eye panels. These panels gave the Cape Meares Lighthouse its unique signature.
As beautiful as this lens is and as functional as it might seem over 200 feet above the ocean, it has been replace by a nondescript 57,000 candle power lamp that stands only fifteen feet higher but shines further out into the Pacific.
The sobering news for each one of us is that we are replaceable.
Or are we?

“You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb.” Psalm 139:13 New Living Translation

There are two realities for Christians. First of all we can be replaced. We are not indispensable. Someone else will take our job. Someone else will live in our home.

Secondly, and contrary to the first, there is no one like us. There is no one who can take our place now and for eternity. It is our uniqueness in Christ that we celebrate.

Inevitably we will be replaced in certain areas of our lives this side of the grave but we will never be replaced in the heart of God.

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Your Light Shines

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How far does your light shine?

“[Jesus said] In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 5:16 English Standard Version

The Yaquina Head lighthouse is the tallest lighthouse on the Oregon coast at 93 feet. Built at the end of Yaquina Head, the lighthouse is 162 feet above the Pacific Ocean. That height allows her light to shine nineteen miles from shore.
Your light shines farther than you think. Because of Christ’s death and resurrection, you are his light in the world. And your light shines. This is not a plea to let your light shine, because it does. The question is how far does your light shine?
Only God  knows the answer to that question. However, I believe there are people whom you don’t know who’ve been touched by the light of Christ shining through you.
The light that shines far out into the darkness also has its own signature.A lighthouse is identified by its signature beacon. The Yaquina Head lighthouse signature beacon is two seconds off, two seconds on followed by fourteen seconds off. Sailors know where they are when they recognize this signature.
You have a unique signature that shines God’s love into the darkness of the world. No one shines God’s light just like you, and it’s this light that helps lead people to the harbor of God’s love.
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