Shedding a Little Light

“Peter began to say to him, ‘We have given up everything and followed you.’ Jesus said, ‘Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the gospel who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age: houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and eternal life in the age to come.’" Mark 10: 28-30

What have you given up to follow the Lord? Time? Money? Possessions? Renown? Relationships? Prudence and wisdom are far more valuable than any possessions or honors we may collect. Beware! For the things of this world which we collect may just weigh us down! We will not be able to journey with Jesus because of the worldly burden we carry. We will end up sad like the man in today’s gospel, with nowhere to turn. Do not fear letting go, because God promises we shall receive a hundred times more when we open ourselves to Him. It is time for us to release those burdens! Nancy Spiegelberg writes: “Lord, I crawled across the barrenness to You with my empty cup, uncertain in asking any small drop of refreshment. If only I had known You better, I'd have come running with a bucket.” Let’s get to know Jesus better and grab our buckets and run to Jesus as we …

Keep Living in the Light!

Bernie