Brad's back in Peje

I have arrived in Peje.  Relaxing at a friend's enjoying the balmy evening and a local drink.  As I sit here the gentle hum of generators can be heard in the distance.  There is a smattering of lit windows in the city.  The power has been out since I arrived at 5:30pm, its now 10:30pm.  The Italian Village, as the NATO Base is called, is let up like a little city on the edge of town and a swank revolving restaurant on top of an apartment building are all that shines to show that life is going on.

As I look over the city and see the few windows warmly glowing by the flickering of candles, I am reminded that even in the darkness the weakest of flames can shed great light.  The darkness will never overcome the light.  Are we not commanded to be that same sort of spiritual light in the darkness that surrounds us in this fallen world?  I am also encouraged to think that in this city dark and oppressed by false gods, the One True God has his lights, however weak, perhaps just  few sparks, that shine like brilliant lights by his power.  

How about you?  Are you shining in the darkness that surrounds you?  Take heart.  Shine brightly you are not alone!

(written on 7/11/08 posted only 7/14/08 due to technical difficulties)