Lighthouses stand guard all along jagged and malicious coastlines. Waves churn and beat time with the wind. All around the tower of light is danger. Sometimes the danger rolls in quietly with the fog, others it announces itself with fury, while still others it is just there, the nature of the landscape. It can not afford to not pay attention. It can not wait to provide its protection and it can not assume it is doing enough by just being there. It has to go ahead of the danger. It has to shine before the danger is too near. It has to be watchful, guarding, and persistent as it guides its ships to safety.
In the same way as a parent, I am a lighthouse...not to ships, but to my children. I too must be vigilant. I too must be watchful. I too must be looking ahead for harm. The world offers dangers more treacherous than any coastline. Satan doesn't always do his work with arrogance that spews, "In your face!" Sometimes he slips in softly to the simple and the mundane and the ordinary. And just when you forget to turn on the light of protection, the damage is done.
Thankfully if you are Christ's, it doesn't end there.
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