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Happy Sunday, friends.  It is time for another of the weekly devotions for women.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Weekly devotions for women are here to encourage you in a walk with Christ and to focus the beginning of your week on Him.<\/p>\n

It was important to me to set aside one day of this blog for those of you who want to know more about the Bible and the Father.<\/p>\n

Today, I begin our devotions with another personal story….<\/p>\n

WEEKLY DEVOTIONS FOR WOMEN: THE POWER OF LIGHT<\/strong><\/p>\n

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As a stay-at-home mom in the early days of our family, I was constantly looking for easy ways to make a little more spending money.<\/p>\n

We were living on one income, and I desired new ways to supplement whenever possible.  <\/p>\n

God would later lead me to become a teacher, but early on I needed to discover ways to work at home.<\/p>\n

Our next door neighbors made the decision to move to Florida and asked if they could pay me to watch their home until they were either ready to sell or come back.<\/p>\n

I jumped at this opportunity.  So, they loaded the moving fan, locked the door, and headed out.<\/p>\n

All, I was doing was watching for any problems with a sitting empty home. <\/p>\n

Four months later, they called and said they were coming back for a visit and asked me to unlock the door, open the windows, and prepare the home for their visit.<\/p>\n

I often had neighbor children around helping with my babies, and on this day I sent a young girl over to unlock the door and open the windows.<\/p>\n

Watching from my kitchen sink as I washed dishes, I saw her come running out of the home onto the porch, holding her stomach, and bending over…I headed over immediately.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The family had cleaned out the house…except for the refrigerator<\/em>…sitting for four months there was activity inside…and an overwhelming odor.<\/p>\n

I did what every freaked-out woman would do…I called Mr. B.  <\/p>\n

Working together, we unloaded the filth and used every cleaning product known to man in an attempt to get out the odor….none worked.<\/p>\n

It looked clean, but deep inside those walls<\/strong> the odor was trapped and horrendous.<\/p>\n

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We had one more last resort.<\/p>\n

Mr. B called friends who came and helped him carry the refrigerator to the front yard…open the doors…and in the heat of a Texas summer…the sun beat down.<\/p>\n

We were actually surprised that after two days in the sun, the refrigerator was like new…no odor…spotless…and ready to return to use in the house.<\/p>\n

This was a significant lesson to me of the power of sunlight, and it’s ability to wipe out filth.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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WEEKLY DEVOTIONS FOR WOMEN: GOD’S LIGHT<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In the Bible, there are well over 200 references to “light.”<\/p>\n

And, it’s ability to shine into darkness.<\/p>\n

This time of year is such a great time to reflect on God’s light in our lives…the days are shorter, and we just completed a season where we enjoyed so much light.<\/p>\n

Ponder how it overtakes darkness everywhere.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It is completely appropriate to pray for God’s light to shine into our lives to lead us and help us with life’s challenges.<\/p>\n

So often, we do allow darkness to set in and God’s light can shine into it and, just like the refrigerator, clean things up inside….even what might be deep into the walls.<\/em><\/p>\n

If you are looking for His love today…His guidance today…His healing today…pray for Him to shine a light into your heart.<\/p>\n

He will always answer and take over the darkness.<\/p>\n

Thank you for joining me today for weekly devotions for women…I hope this will bless you and help to prepare you for the week ahead.<\/p>\n

Until then…..<\/p>\n

LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE!<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Pamela Lutrell<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n