For the Love of Us All

THE OLDEST LIGHTHOUSE

Today August 7^th

Is National Lighthouse Day

Did you know that

The oldest lighthouse in the United States

Is the Boston Light

On Little Brewster Island in Massachusetts

Built in 1716

It was restructured in 1783

Because it was damaged

In the Revolutionary War

This makes the oldest lighthouse

ORIGINALLY BUILT-

As Sandy Hook Lighthouse in New Jersey

It was built in 1764                                                                    Parade Magazine 8-5-12

But we ALL KNOW

That there is a LIGHTHOUSE

That has existed since the beginning of time

And a lighthouse

That will exist

Until the end of time

And God said,

“Let there be LIGHT”                                                                            1 Genesis 3

The definition of a lighthouse

Is a tower or a structure

With a powerful light

That gives a continuous or intermittent signal

To navigators-a beacon                                                            Merriam Webster Dictionary

And in my case

My God-my light

Is my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

Who is ALWAYS SHINING

Even though

I walk in the valley

My light is still shining

SHINING

As I navigate this walk of life

As I navigate my health failures

As I navigate my financial failures

As I navigate my relationship failures

My light just keeps shining

And it is shining

Because my hope

Is NOT in myself

My HOPE

Is in MY GOD

MY ONE TRUE LIGHTHOUSE

“You are my lamp O Lord

The Lord turns my darkness

Into light”                                                                            2 Samuel 22:29

MY BEACON-MY LIGHT-MY GOD

And my light is continuous

NEVER FAILING

It is I who is intermittent

I falter

Because of my health

I falter

Because of my finances

I falter

Because people let me down

And I falter

Because though I don’t mean to

I sometimes let other people down

But my beacon-my light-my God

Remains steady

THE ONE TRUE LIGHT

Through all my storms

The Boston Light

Had to be restructured in1783

Due to damages

The ONE true light

The meaning of God in our lives

Had to be restructured

Some 2000 years ago

A beacon is a lighthouse

On a coast

That gives ships a guiding signal

That leads us to safety

And God our beacon

Our lighthouse

SHOWS us the way to safety

When we become dangerously close

To the edges of life

And so on this August 7^th

When we honor the physical structures

We call lighthouses

LET US HONOR THE ONE TRUE LIGHT

“God is LIGHT

In him-there is NO darkness at all”                                                         1 John 1:5

Robert P. Wallman

8-5-12