Matthew 5: 14-17 reads: “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Let your light shine before men in such a way that  they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.” (NSA)

I don’t think any of us are letting our lights shine. If we had, there would still be prayer in school and manger scenes would be welcome everywhere at Christmas. What’s wrong with us? We want to blame others for everything, but we who are Christians are still the largest group in America, Why do we watch our culture go down the way it has? Certainly, all of us see that the morals have really changed here in the country we love.

I don’t like to blame our pastors, but when was the last time you have heard a sermon on abortion? Yet Jesus said “Do not hurt one of these little ones. If you do, it would be better for you if a millstone is hung around your neck and you would be thrown in a lake.” I’m paraphrasing a bit, but He did say that. Should we all have a millstone tied around our necks? That would be awful!

Or, when was the last time you heard a sermon on homosexuality? The Bible says it’s wrong. In fact, God calls it an abomination. Shouldn’t that stop some of us? Yet now men are marrying men, and women are marrying women. Marriage is sacred, so the Bible says. We surely haven’t turned on our lights against that, have we? Boys and girls are living together before marriage.  We aren’t even thinking that marriage is sacred and between one man and one woman.

I believe that pastors are worried about our culture too, but they are afraid they might step on someone’s toes. Why should this matter to them or to us? If we have our lights burning, as we should, we would gather together and things would change. It would take a while, but we could change the world. It sounds impossible, but God loves the impossible!

Isn’t it nice that we can depend on God? He will still paint beautiful sunsets and sun risings. He won’t leave our trees bare but will put little buds on each of them and these buds will become leaves. It might be colder awhile longer, but it will get warmer. The skies will be grey sometimes, but You will see sunny skies too. And he will keep his promise telling us that he won’t leave us nor forsake us if we believe.

We have created turmoil in our earth, that is the truth of it, not only here in America but in the whole world. I don’t think the Republicans will say even “good morning” to the Democrats so how can they really debate on anything good for us who depend on them. The Democrats in Washington DC hate our President Donald Trump, but the rest of us voted him in! That sounds almost like a war, doesn’t it?

Yet, we who believe that Jesus was born in a manger, grew up to die for our sins and rose from the dead to live with God in Heaven. Here, He will lead us to God, listen to our prayers and forgive our sins. So there should be no turmoil in our hearts. If you have some, just turn to Him. I firmly believe that He is the only answer to our whole world today. He can calm all of our fears. He is in the control of all.

Look for the rainbow which will surely come, and pray diligently for everyone to believe in God, for He is our answer. Don’t you agree?