Happy Marriage, Happy HomeSample

Yesterday, I told you about an inspiring commercial advertising a vacation destination. I described the opening words about hospitality and the visual of happy people frolicking in the sun. At the very end of the commercial, additional words got me to thinking again about the impact of establishing an inviting destination for your family at home. The announcer returns to say with dramatic emphasis, “To truly experience the light that is our destination, you must experience it for yourself. It emanates from our hearts. It is visible everywhere. It changes everything it touches. It will change you. The light of the Caribbean is calling.” 

Again, it struck me. Our home is light-filled. I don’t mean we have a lamp on in every room. I mean it is Christ-centered and emanates the true Light of the World. Our sons have grown and left our house, but I still run into their childhood friends every now and then. Often, one will bring up a funny story about hanging out at our house when they were young. Every now and then, someone will say that they enjoyed being there because it was so different from the strife-filled home in which they lived. 

This breaks my heart. 

We don’t have the perfect family or the perfect home, but what we do have is The Light. It emanates from our hearts and is visible everywhere. It changes everything it touches, and it will change you. The light that is calling is Jesus. Is He the light in your home? 

Pray for Jesus to be the light emanating from your heart and your home. Invite Him in and see how much your home will change.