I love this passage from Marcus Rainsford in Our Lord Prays For His Own:
Look at what the light must burn away to reveal the glory of heaven to us: self, sin, Satan, world, hell. There is a whole lot of darkness that stands with us before we come into the light. Maker no mistake about it, we stand with all that darkness until our Lord's brilliance blots it out. I like the way Rainsford started with self, that is where the darkness begins, fueled by our sin, abetted by Satan. It encompasses our world, it makes it our hell, but there is an opened heaven for those who will walk through the door that the Lord holds open for us.
That's the road I look to walk on everyday, heading for the light of an opened heaven.
Light! discovering to us what we are, that we may fly from self.
Light! discovering to us what sin is, that we may loathe it.
Light! discovering to us what Satan is, that we may not be ensnared by his devices.
Light! discovering to us what the world is, that we may not be entrapped by its delusions.
Light! unveiling hell, that we may fly from it to our refuge,
Light! discovering an opened heaven, and Him who beckons us in.
Look at what the light must burn away to reveal the glory of heaven to us: self, sin, Satan, world, hell. There is a whole lot of darkness that stands with us before we come into the light. Maker no mistake about it, we stand with all that darkness until our Lord's brilliance blots it out. I like the way Rainsford started with self, that is where the darkness begins, fueled by our sin, abetted by Satan. It encompasses our world, it makes it our hell, but there is an opened heaven for those who will walk through the door that the Lord holds open for us.
That's the road I look to walk on everyday, heading for the light of an opened heaven.
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