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There's a little cabin I often visit to study and to write.

It is miles off the main road and even farther away from the cares of the world.

It's also on a pretty unreliable power grid.

So last spring, when I was there for a few days, a one night the power went out.

I stumbled through the dark to find matches in my trusty lantern.

There's no greater joy than watching the lantern begin to glow and shine, shining to light

my room, and certainly to bring comfort to my soul.

Well this meditation from Philippians 2 is a reflection on that shining.

The shining light, not of a lantern, but the light of God within you.

The light of your salvation, shining for the world to see.

So to begin, whether the first rays of morning sunshine or the long shadows of evening shade,

allow the next 15 minutes to be a retreat to contemplate the shining light of your salvation.

Your eyes begin to close without effort.

Enter on the shining, this time of yielding, and a silent whispered prayer for the presence

of God, Spirit, and Son.

Can you in prayer by responding to this passage from 2 Peter 1 verse 3?

As I lead us, respond simply, Lord help me to shine out my salvation, and may He bless

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