Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Seeing the Cross in the dark...


Here is something that I read in Paul Gibbs newsletter (Jesscott Music Ministries, http://www.jesscottmusic.com/). He saw it on the Ron Hutchcraft website (http://www.hutchcraft.com/). I hope you enjoy it! Ron wrote:


We had rented a cabin in the mountains, and we didn't want to leave it much. The view across the valley was like a majestic painting. It would change as the sun and the weather changed - all the kind of moods you have in the mountains. I had looked at the mountain across the valley from us many times, but finally I took a good look that direction at night. That's when I saw it - the cross. There was a lighted cross on top of the mountain, glowing in the night from a vantage point where it could be seen all around. Actually, that cross is there all the time but you don't really see it until it's dark.
Isn’t that the way it is? We are surrounded by the love of Christ all the time. Why is it we often don’t look for it until we are in some dark time in our lives…

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