The Light Shines Through
Matthew 23:1-12
Illustration
by Billy D. Strayhorn

A little boy attended Church with his Grandfather one Sunday. Grandpa's church had beautiful stained-glass windows. Grandpa told his grandson that the windows contained pictures of Saint Matthew, Saint Mark, Saint Luke, Saint John, Saint Paul, and whole lot of other saints.

When he got home, the boy told Mom and Dad all about it. Dad, wanting to be funny and curious about what his son had learned, asked, "What is a saint?" The boy thought for a minute and then replied, "A saint is a somebody the light shines through."

That's a pretty good definition of a Saint. Who are your saints? Who are the people in your life who let the light of God shine through them for you to see?

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