JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Light Reflection is from Lamentations 3:40.

“Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the LORD.”

The writer of Lamentations recognized the need for a course correction. His nation had drifted far from the LORD and was suffering the consequences of their rebellion.

C.S. Lewis once said, “We all want progress, but if you’re on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is most progressive.”

Examining our ways and testing them involves humility. It is an honest probe of the heart to examine personal motives. It is a search of the Scriptures to examine the truth of God’s Word. And it is a view of Jesus that sees His nail-scarred hands ready to embrace us with forgiveness.

This Light Reflection inspires us to examine our ways and go forward with God in the Year to Shine.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com