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MONDAY MORNING MOMENTS
Dec.20, 1999 Vol. IV Number 48
When word reached the young soldier that he could have a three day pass for Christmas holidays it was much to late to book passage home on a train or a bus. On this Christmas Eve, 1944 all means of public transportation were already well filled.
With his duffel bag slung over his shoulder he thumbed a ride with a family driving north. As they rode along snow began to gently fall. The 150 - mile trip between the soldier's base and his parent's home consumed eight hours. As the roads grew treacherous, the car skidded off the primitive highway once more.
In the wee hours of the morning on Christmas day, the car stopped. The soldier walked the last few blocks to his parent's home, crunching through the snow. Gazing toward the end of the road, he was surprised and delighted to see a small electric candle flickering on his parents' window.
He climbed the steps to the porch and stomped the snow from his combat boots. As the door opened a startled father peered out into the dark that surrounded his son. Warm hugs were followed by laughter as the boy's mother joined the reunion.
Later that morning as the three sat around the kitchen table enjoying steaming cups of coffee, the boy asked his father, "Why dad?" "Why in the world did you have that light burning in the window when I arrived this morning? You weren't expecting me. For all you knew I had already been shipped overseas. Why did you leave the light in the window?"
The father responded by saying, "Oh I don't know son, I guess I let it burn, just in case."
Two thousand years ago God hung a light in eternity's window "just in case." "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3:16). And God name that "light in the window" Jesus.
“Look at the Nations and watch - and be UTTERLY AMAZED. for I am going to do something in YOUR days that you would not believe even if you were told” Habakkuk 1:5
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