{"id":16111,"date":"2026-04-23T15:39:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/?p=16111"},"modified":"2026-04-26T15:42:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T20:42:37","slug":"being-the-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/16111\/being-the-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Being the Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hey Pastor John,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0I really loved the meeting tonight.\u00a0\u00a0What really touched me the most was when you were talking about being a light and letting it shine for others to see.\u00a0\u00a0Main reason for this is because of an experience from yesterday.\u00a0\u00a0Margo, Allison, and I went to the driving range to practice, since both Margo and Allison have an interest in golf.\u00a0\u00a0A guy was walking past after I had changed out of my work clothes.\u00a0\u00a0He said, &#8220;You had the same idea, too!&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0We shared a quick laugh, and I went on about our plan for the night.\u00a0\u00a0Well, what I didn\u2019t know was that he was watching and observing Margo and me interacting while practicing.\u00a0\u00a0As well as me helping give her tips and pointers, which also at same time allowing her to learn on her own.\u00a0\u00a0When we were leaving, he pulls up next to me and says, \u201cHey, I really enjoyed watching you and your wife tonight.\u00a0\u00a0The way you interacted, and let her do her thing as well, was really nice to see.\u00a0\u00a0I wish my wife could be more like yours.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0His name is Tommy, and we chatted for several minutes.\u00a0\u00a0I really appreciated him saying that to me because I have felt like my light was going dim.\u00a0\u00a0It gave me a confidence boost that Jesus knew I needed.\u00a0\u00a0I am very thankful Jesus used a man to tell me to keep shining.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Just goes to show that somebody is always watching and paying attention to how we carry ourselves, even when we don\u2019t notice it.\u00a0\u00a0I just love how Jesus puts us in the right place at the right time because that little piece of light could be encouragement for someone to want to ask questions, and really get that desire to seek the truth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Good bye for now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Alex\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey Pastor John, \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0I really loved the meeting tonight.\u00a0\u00a0What really touched me the most was when you were talking about being a light and letting it shine for others to see.\u00a0\u00a0Main reason for this is because of an experience from yesterday.\u00a0\u00a0Margo, Allison, and I went to the driving range to practice, since both [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-netmail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16111"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16112,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16111\/revisions\/16112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}