Tenant of the tunnel

A friend sent this to me a while ago.. which I thought was very encouraging.
Here's hoping you're blessed by this too. :)


Read Colossians 1:1-14
For 16 years, John kovacs was a 'tenant of the tunnel'. Along with few
others, john lived underground in an abandoned railroad tunnel in new york
city. When Amtrak bought the tunnel and prepared to reopen it, john was
forced to look for a a place to live above ground.
According to the New York Times, Mr Kovacs became the first person chosen
for a new program designed to 'transform the homeless into home steaders.'
After spending a third of his life in a railroad tunnel, he left his
underground existence to become an organic farmer in upstate New York.
He was quoted as saying;'The air will be better up there. I am not going to
miss anything. I'm not coming back.'

If we could see ourselves as our lord does, we would realize that every
child of god has a similar experience.

We too have been chosen to leave a filthy existence for the dignity of a new
life and work. If only we could see our former life as clearly as john
kovacs saw his, we too would know that there is nothing worthwhile in the
dark, and no reason to go back.

Lord help us to remember how needy we were when you found us. Forgive us
sometimes wanting to go back to the tunnel.-Mart De haan


I wandered in the shades of the night
Till jesus came to me
And with the sunlight of his love
Bid all my darkness flee
-Van de Venter


Children of the light will not be comfortable in the dark