Philippians 2:15 That you may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the middle of a crooked and perverse nation… Unless we let our light shine we are hidden from recognition, and may be only stumbling blocks. A blind beggar, sitting on a sidewalk one dark night, had a bright lantern by his side. Whereat a passer-by was so puzzled that he had to turn back with, "What do you keep a lantern burning for? You can't see." "So that folks may not stumble over me," was the reply. We should keep our light burning for the sake of others as well as for the good of being in the light ourselves. (J. L. Nye.) Parallel Verses KJV: That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; |