But I had an extreme emotional reaction. While there he served as assistant director of the school and taught voice, harmony and composition. Ex. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. “Arise shine for thy light has come” is the beginning of the 60. The images I showed the children were my project for religion in art class at Pacific School of Religion. stands for Baylus Benjamin McKinney. Homily for the Thirty-Fourth Sunday of Year A. by Fr. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. To let others see Jesus in You. He served as pastor at Travis Avenue Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas for two years in the early 1930s. “Her personal favorite was “Let Others See Jesus in You.” We sang the song at her funeral. But I also look for that light in others and not just in other Christians. McKinney’s home church of Bistineau Baptist Church holds an annual McKinney song service each July according to Wikipedia. Make your light shine, so others will see the good you do and will praise your Father in heaven. For me, I can imagine God best when I think of light. Then God said “let there be light” and there was light. Even if someone needs a judgmental, white old man God for their own spiritual path. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! I heard a song today that pushed me closer to Jesus. And others your life shall view, Be clean and pure without, within, Let others see Jesus in you. He wrote many songs under the pseudonym Martha Annis, Otto Nellen and Gene Routh. The New Testament has its share of light. Ask God to help you be like Jesus, reaching out to your neighbors with love, concern and compassion. I learned that the process of creating these images and then explaining and using them was the art I needed. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Let your light so shine before people that they may see your good works and glorify God who is above you. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Lebanon Academy, he attended Louisiana College, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Bush Conservatory of Music. ( Log Out / When I was a child I learned in a concrete way. “For we observed his star at its rising and have come to pay him homage”. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. I also found the chorus copyrighted in 1922 and the entire hymn in 1924. He is buried in Nashville, Tennessee. It is me and yet it is more than me. Once again I realize how open I am to the influences in my surroundings. Here light represents the journey or ministry of my life. And some have made the words of God into an idol. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. The LORD is my light and my salvation; Falls Creek Baptist Encampment in Davis, Oklahoma named their chapel in his honor. The song serves as a wonderful reminder to live and mean the words we sing to keep telling the story, to be faithful and true. May you be light this week. The Truth of the Living Word, Jesus, the Savior of the World, Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. A beautiful Christian ideal to have before us is that Jesus is present in my neighbor. I feel liberated and opened with the image of light. When the movie begins Michael is student/solider just after World War II. But how does this light image help me on my spiritual path? Wonderful movies, right? Now I have a more abstract image of God but there remains a presence that is personal and close to me. When I was a child I learned in a concrete way. When the movie begins Michael is student/solider just after World War II. For me I first needed to learn that a personal God does not have to be human. I pray that you find these posts useful in your search for Jesus. Rebel to Redeemed…Sharing HIS Kind of Love. I heard as a child that I needed to live so that other could see Jesus in me. Last weekend I watched the director’s cut of Godfather I and II. Second, looking at God as Light, I could see that God is sending light to everyone on the earth. Even the modern language version if those books do not and cannot change the judgmental warrior God image of the Hebrew Bible. The Bible says, “As we have opportunity, let us do good to all people” (Galatians 6:10). The song serves as a wonderful reminder to live and mean the words we sing to keep telling the story, to be faithful and true. Jesus is in the person next to me, the person behind me, in front of me, in the person with whom I live and work. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. As the movie progresses, Michael is drawn into the family business and he becomes darker and darker, more and more evil. His vision is better because there is more light making its way into his eye. http://openarms.org/SERMONS.html for video of actual sermon. Third, my visual images of God are now expanded. Last weekend I watched the director’s cut of Godfather I and II. He was born on July 22, 1886 in Heflin, Louisiana. There is a large street light just outside our bedroom so we are never in real darkness but that night we were. ( Log Out / Learn how your comment data is processed. None of their images spoke to me except the fire pit representing the Light of God; the warrior God images from the Hebrew Bible do not speak to me, but that burning bush really does. Pray for them also, that God will help them realize their need of Him. Matthew 5:16 KJV But my most important title is child of God. One person in recent history who lived this is Mother Teresa of Calcutta. We enjoyed a few hours of total quite and darkness. That old Hebrew Bible has other images of God beyond the burning bush that bring me light. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Indeed, Jesus was visibly evident in her life. And in 1 John 1:7 we read: “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, I now keep these three images in my office to remind me that I can create and that God is Light for any source. Let others see Jesus in you. I was depressed. Light! God is Light and that Light is for everyone. It is about the centrality of Jesus Christ and allowing Him to source (be the resource) of our lives. This was the watchword for the girls’ mission organization that was so very fundamental to my life as a girl and teen in the Baptist Church. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. During his time with the Sunday School Board he created many innovative ideas including developing a Church Music Training Course, having each state convention institute a music secretary, beginning the publication of the Church Musician and inaugurating an annual Church Music Week at the Ridgecrest Baptist Assembly. These include daughter, sister, caretaker, Certified Activities Director, life coach, Bible teacher, consultant and coach, Genealogists, and survivor. ( Log Out / I love the light! My dreams are filled with those images and that feeling of doom. In the gospel of Matthew the Magi are directed to Jesus by a great light. I did not know if I could create anything that might be close to art or at all useful. Perhaps Let Others See Jesus In You was also a lesson instilled in his upbringing. He also edited, arranged and published numerous other songs throughout his career. Then God said “let there be light” and there was light. Amen. And God saw that the light was good. ( Log Out / In a 1962 interview, Tim Boyet recalled a gathering in which McKinney led over 10,000 people in singing. His father is keeping him from the family business, the mafia or organized crime. The Hindus have wonderfully colorful, varied images of God. No vision is possible without light. But that’s about all I wanted. I suppose that is the primary reason the song means so much to me. The LORD is the defense of my life; I have taken this old ingrained thought, mixed it with years of living and knowledge, and found a scripture to incorporate that. Our relationship to and shared scripture with our Jewish relatives allows me the use of their light images for God. Some thought that doing an art project and a 5 page paper was the easier assignment but I knew I could write 15 pages. So I have no need and no right to judge how others live or how they imagine God. God led the Israelites through the wilderness for 40 years with a pillar of light by night so light represents God’s guidance. When he finished he told the crowd “Be sure you mean the words you sing.” This was a lesson he’d been taught as a child by his mother. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Conclusion. Seeing Jesus in others - Christ is King. The Hindus have wonderfully colorful, varied images of God.
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