When I was sixteen years old, I was sitting out on my front porch late one night. We lived in a log cabin on 40 acres of land out in the country. It was a beautiful crisp fall evening. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a flicker. I was intrigued enough to come up out of the rocking chair and run to the front field. All of a sudden I saw this light in the sky. What else could it be but a UFO? I ran back to the house to alert mom that there was a UFO getting ready to beam us up to the mothership. I grabbed my 35mm camera, and just started snapping one picture after another. I soon was out of film.
I ran back to the house, picked up the phone, and called the Kentucky State Police dispatch. I told them that a UFO was circling eastern Shelby County, and that they needed to alert The National Guard. What I heard next, I am embarrassed to say crushed my pride. The dispatcher talked in a calm smooth voice, "Mr. Jacobs, thank you for the call. We have had several calls this evening about the light in the sky. We would like to inform you that Kroger is celebrating their grand opening in Frankfort of their new grocery store. What you see in the sky is the spot light."
Still to this day I say there was no "Tail" on that light. There is no way that I could have known. I never developed that roll of film. How many times do we get distracted and dazzled by the light? We can tend to be enamored by lights along the way that distract us from the path of life. If you haven't read Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan, I highly recommend it. In the book there is a character called "Pilgrim." He traveles along the path of life. However, along the way he gets distracted and veers off of that path into "Vanity Fair." He soon learns that this is a trap set to ensnare him. He quickly learns not to be dazzled by the light, and makes a choice to get back on the straight and narrow path. Matthew 7:13-14 says, "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it."
Are you going to be dazzled by the lights, or will you keep your eyes on the path? Life is full of distractions, don't let it suck you into its demise...
I ran back to the house, picked up the phone, and called the Kentucky State Police dispatch. I told them that a UFO was circling eastern Shelby County, and that they needed to alert The National Guard. What I heard next, I am embarrassed to say crushed my pride. The dispatcher talked in a calm smooth voice, "Mr. Jacobs, thank you for the call. We have had several calls this evening about the light in the sky. We would like to inform you that Kroger is celebrating their grand opening in Frankfort of their new grocery store. What you see in the sky is the spot light."
Still to this day I say there was no "Tail" on that light. There is no way that I could have known. I never developed that roll of film. How many times do we get distracted and dazzled by the light? We can tend to be enamored by lights along the way that distract us from the path of life. If you haven't read Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan, I highly recommend it. In the book there is a character called "Pilgrim." He traveles along the path of life. However, along the way he gets distracted and veers off of that path into "Vanity Fair." He soon learns that this is a trap set to ensnare him. He quickly learns not to be dazzled by the light, and makes a choice to get back on the straight and narrow path. Matthew 7:13-14 says, "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it."
Are you going to be dazzled by the lights, or will you keep your eyes on the path? Life is full of distractions, don't let it suck you into its demise...
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