The Bodie (Body) Island Lighthouse continues to this day sending forth its light to aid ships off of the coast of the Outer Banks in North Carolina, just as it did when built in 1872. Its beacon, seen for 19 miles, directs ship captains through deadly waters. Bodie Island’s name is said to have come from the number of bodies that washed ashore there from shipwrecks occurring in the “Graveyard of the Atlantic”.

Christians too have a “lighthouse” to guide us; a beacon that travels infinitely, however, not just 19 miles. Jesus says in John 8:12 (NIV) that “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life”. We face perils daily that are just as dangerous as those the ships face. By following the “light” of Jesus, however, we have a safe route. Jesus made it very clear in John 14:5-6: “Thomas said to Him, ‘Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?’ Jesus answered, I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me…”.

Paul articulated our challenge in Ephesians 5:8-9 (NIV) “For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth) …”.

I Found Him…guiding me just as the Bodie Lighthouse does for ships.