Matthew 5:16
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”
When I was a boy there was a man in our church who attracted all of us kids to him. As I recall, his name was Vanoy Croswell. He was a happy and radiant Christian who loved people and especially kids. But that was not what appealed to us. HE WAS THE SEN-SEN MAN! He shared his Sen-Sen and Jesus.
Sen-Sen was (and still is) a breath freshener — tiny squares of hard licorice in a little cardboard box with a small hole from which the tiny Sen-Sen squares drop when the box is shaken. That is what I remember about Mister Croswell. I can still hear the rattle of the small box as he would shake out a tiny square and then proceed to tell us about Jesus.
It really did not take very much to attract the kids to him, and it gave him an opportunity to tell us about Jesus. We discovered that his generous spirit went far beyond the tiny pieces of sweets that he doled out to us. That was just his way of giving himself an opportunity to share.
In today’s Scripture, Jesus says that we are to let our light shine in such a way that as others see the good that we do they will be drawn to glorify our Father in heaven. In what way are you drawing people to you in order to tell them about Jesus?
Blessings dear hearts! May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!
– – – Pastor Cecil