Light

            With all the lights blazing and a DVD playing on his computer in the shop office/guest room, my son heard a tapping at the door late last night.  Steve, our handyman who is here for a while to work on various projects, asked for five minutes of Joseph’s time.  That five minutes morphed into several hours and the transformation of his life.

            Steve is a friendly guy and simply wanted to get to know Joseph a bit.  As they visited, Joseph sensed that God was at work.  They talked some more, and Joseph asked Steve if he had ever accepted Christ as his Savior.  Joseph prayed and Steve prayed, and God gave Steve a little extra benefit in addition to the assurance of eternal life:  Steve, who suffers from a variety of health ailments, suddenly found himself pain free. 

            I ran into Steve this morning on my way over to the shop office to wake Joseph.  With an awestruck look on his face and many tears, Steve told me the whole story in far more detail than I have here.  A little later, I gave him a New Testament.  Opening it to Ephesians 2, I started to read a couple verses out loud.  Steve joined in and then continued reading alone, smoothly, flawlessly.  When he stopped, he looked awestruck again.  “I’ve never read that fast before,” he said. 

            Now I have a new appreciation for my son who has faced so many obstacles and so much hardship in his 27 years.  Even as his own life is fraught with difficulties, God uses him to share Christ effectively and powerfully.  I’m glad his lights were on late last night because now Christ’s light shines in Steve, too.