“In everything give thanks“ Eph. 5,20. And what Edouard brought us was not calamity, but rain. Rain that fell slowly all day and ended up giving us over 2 inches of blessed moisture. So all in all, what was greatly feared was more of a blessing to south Texas.
And the news on TV had prepared for massive coverage, had reporters situated at various strategic points, and all they found to report on was maybe an inch of water and waves of one or two feet. Felt a bit foolish, and people made fun of this effort.
But at least they were honest in what they planned. They did not cheat. And cheating seems to be rampant in our nation today. Children cheating in tests, mothers feeding their children something while shopping and discarding the wrapper and not pay. One father dismissed the cheating with “just a form of competitive advantage”. But is it? Cheating is wrong, and denies the cheater out of learning something that will help that person to grow and become a better, stronger, person.
One responder reports attending a small college Oregon and her English teacher was in her first year of teaching. After a test, she announced that she had proof someone had cheated, and discarded that test. And passed out new ones.
An instructor at a state university reports any student caught cheating was failed automatically, and the professor had the option of attaching to the transcript the reason why the failure.
In such a world Paul writes to the Philippians so “Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say, rejoice”. This was a new congregation, yet one that “went out into the world uncorrupted, a breath of fresh air in the squalid and polluted society, providing people with a glimpse of the living God, carrying the Message into the night”, 2,14.15. That’s what the world is in God’s eyes, in darkness. Only Jesus brings light.
He has brought the light into your heart by His Holy Spirit, so walk as well "as a breath of fresh air, giving people a glimpse of the living God, carrying the message into the night" because you are God’s Child by Holy Baptism. So truly “The light of the world”.
GPD 8/6/08
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