St. Paul Lutheran Church Harlingen, Texas

More sure than the mountain, more sure than the vision, more sure than the experience, Peter would say, we have his word. A word that is a lamp that shines in a dark place. Echoing the psalmist that says, thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. Friends, the darkness is all around us, but the darkness does not overwhelm us because the lamp and the light of the word of God is within us and it goes forth and it shines in the darkness with the sureness of Jesus that the darkness cannot cannot overcome it.