A City On A Hill
A CITY ON A HILL By: Julie Souza Bradley Lilly “You are light for the world. A city cannot be hidden when it is located on a hill. No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket. Instead, everyone who lights a lamp puts it on a lamp stand. Then its light shines on everyone in the house.” – Matthew 5:14-15 GW And I saw thousands of souls struggling in a churning sea. Under the darkness of a moonless sky, without a boat, they were tossed. Beneath them sharks swam, nipping at heels, eliciting sharp cries from those who flailed. It caused them to cling to their neighbor, pushing them to submerge, sputter and gasp. Exhaustion, chaos and hopelessness hovered over the waters like a mist, obscuring the small points of light that seeped out from around the boarded windows of the nearby city on a hill. The city on a hill—a beacon of hope to those drowning, contained behind windows shuttered with fear. Lord, we see chaos all around us —man’s inhumanity to man— fear, anxiet
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