Saint of the Day for December 13: Saint Lucy (283 – 304)
December 13, 2025Daily Scripture Readings and Meditations: Elijah Must First Come
December 13, 2025
The Watchman’s Lamp by Bishop Joseph E. Strickland, Bishop Emeritus, Pillars of Faith, Dec. 12, 2025
Welcome to The Watchman’s Lamp. Today I come to you with a fire burning in my heart, because I believe the Lord is calling us to face something that most people don’t want to acknowledge. It is a truth we see with our eyes, we feel in our bones, and yet the world – and far too many in the Church – treat it as nothing at all. And the truth is this: we are becoming a numb generation. A generation that no longer notices when the serpent is standing right in front of us.
This numbness did not fall on us overnight. It crept in slowly, quietly, almost politely, dulling our senses little by little until the things that once would have shocked us now barely stir the soul. We have grown used to darkness, and not only used to it – we have adjusted to it. And when the eyes adjust to darkness, the darkness begins to feel normal.
The prophet Jeremiah warned about this spiritual blindness when he said, “Hear, O foolish people, and without understanding: who have eyes, and see not: and ears, and hear not” (Jeremiah 5:21). He was not speaking about pagans; he was speaking about God’s own people who had grown desensitized to sin, corruption, and spiritual danger. …
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