The Scriptures were written, not to make us astronomers, but to make us saints!

August 06, 2026

The Scriptures were written, not to make us astronomers, but to make us saints!

Thy word [is] a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

⏤ Psalm 119:105

The Scriptures were written, not to make us astronomers, but to make us saints.

⏤ Matthew Henry

Are you trying to become a saint? Are you following Jesus? Trying to reflect, forgive, imitate, and love like Him! We were put on this Earth to be lights, we are light. God gave us Jesus as the example to follow, the example of how to love! I love this quote above. It is so true we need to work on becoming saints. The Bible and Jesus can help us. We need to read the Bible and we need to follow the example of Jesus, God gave us both. They are our light for us to shine bright.

The Mornings with God App today said, "Our Father, bless Your word to us that we have read together this morning. We thank You that it brings us the very counsel of Your will. May it be a lamp to our feet and a light to our path as we go forth today. May its truth shine within us, showing us Your will, what Your thoughts concerning us are, and what You would have us do. We thank You for this heavenly light You have given us. Without it, we could never find our way through the tangled paths of life. Without it, we wouldn’t know that You love us, think about us, or that You are indeed our Father. Help us to receive Your word with meekness and humility. Help us to walk in the way You have made clear to us. We ask You to fill us with Your love as we begin this day, so that wherever we go, we may carry something of the light of Your presence. We have no light of our own. We ask You to give us Your grace, to fill our lamps so that they may burn brightly all day. We don’t want to be in darkness in this world—we want to shine as lights, and we will shine if we have Your grace in us. Fill us with Your blessed light. We yearn to be blessings to each other today, and to everyone we meet. Give us something to share with others—something of Your love and grace. Lay Your hand upon us and give us a Father’s blessing, first for ourselves, and then to share with our neighbors and friends. Keep us all from evil. Let us not willfully sin against You today. Help us to be faithful in all our ways. Bring us all together in the evening, when our work is done, if it be Your will. We ask these favors in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen." Found at: https://www.youdevotion.com/daily-prayer/miller/32/morning

Are you using your light to shine, reflecting Jesus, imitating Him, loving like Him, radiating Him? We are blessed. I like to say the St. Michael Prayer to be a way to protect against evil and the devil at work. We need to stay away from evil, prayer helps. Following Jesus works, it helps us want to not sin, to live upright lives, and to work toward sainthood. While we may never be like St. Mother Teresa, we can work toward it our own way, by living upright and holy lives, stopping the sin, stopping the excuses and hate, trying to love all people, imitating Jesus the best we can, this is all we can do is our best to work toward being a better person like the example God gave us all through Jesus Christ!