People believe wrongly they can dabble with spiritual Truths and take their sweet time. What they don’t realize is what is behind this idea that they don’t need to be serious about their escape. Shockingly, when you spend just one more day on the side of darkness there is damage to your true being. A wasted day takes its toll on your spirit. Your honesty will expose these thief thoughts. We should be light-hearted, but extremely serious towards our salvation. Compromising our spirit with anything dark can be felt if you are sensitive enough. There should be bells and whistles that go off making you come wide awake whenever you compromise yourself. The world says be cool, but it is not cool to harm oneself. Vernon tells many stories which say, “to get home before dark.” These stories are friendly encouragements to quit messing around. Most can’t hear these vital messages. A few do. Be on the side that hears. Years from now you will be glad you did.
Extra: Whenever I take an evening hike into the wilderness areas, I have to stay wide awake because the day light absolutely ends and some days the darkness comes very fast. With no moon out, the trails can be unreconizable, and nobody enjoys stumbling in the dark. Be safe, not sorry. Get home before Dark!
I had been stumbling in the dark for so long that I thought it was the only way. Thank you Vernon Howard for bringing me to the light and now I stay vigilant in keep moving toward the light. I Like the sentence Steve used….”We should be light-hearted, but extremely serious towards our salvation”.
Great point Glenda, “Stumbling in the dark for so long that that darkness becomes our light.” Wow, this is so true! Thanks Truth for showing me something different and so right.